Digital vs Film Stock - Who's Losing Out, Could It Be YOU!

According to a Sky TV News report August 2005,because it's becoming easier and easier to produce a
for every one film camera that's sold, there are 15photo image than ever before, but are we all
digital cameras sold.So where does that leave us allforgetting something...When I was a boy, I dropped
now, exactly right back to the beginning. I meanout of school at the tender age of 15 years to work
after all if you want prints to put in the family album,as an apprentice in one of London's largest
you will still have to visit your local 1 hour photo labadvertising studios.I worked in the darkrooms and
with you memory card and have them transferred tolearnt how to print black and white "bromide" prints
prints and in most cases still costing you about theand became a bit of an expert before I was 16
same to make prints.Of course you saved costs inyears of age, to such an extent that some of the
having to buy and process the film, so your a fewtop Ad/ Fashion photographers use to ask for me to
pence in profit, or are you...Have you taken intoprint their work for them, and I'm talking about prints
account the additional cost of the initial purchase ofsize 20x16 inch. not wallet size en-prints.At the time
your new digital camera and if you did, have yougood quality color prints were a long way off before
worked out how long it will be before you canthey became the norm, and the studio would shoot
actually claim that your in profit on the deal!And doall color advertising photography on Kodak
you know how cheep it is now right now, to buy aEktachrome "Sheet Film" on large size View cameras,
pro or semi pro used film camera. Film is cheep andwhere you would view the image under a dark cloth
film quality has never been better, and that's theon the screen at the back of the camera.To day in
truth.Well I'm an old timer when it comes tothe advertising studio, many pro photographers have
photography, having started out when I was a boyswitched to digital in the last decade, but still are
at school, using a camera more than 50 years ago,using the same studio based camera types. This
so why should it bother you one bit..Did you know ifwould include the 5x4 inch View camera, fitted with a
you shoot on film and then get the lab to make aone shot digital camera back and of course medium
high resolution CD of you negs to Images, you can informat cameras such as the Hasselblad, Mamiya and
fact produce better definition images than if you hasRollei, that have had special digital backs fitted to
shot them on a digital camera in the first place...Butthem.Therefore the established photographer of
who needs this kind of definition to day, I mean yourmany years standing working in the studio, the the
prints that are in your album will look just as goodonly thing that has changed is that his camera has
either way and if your sending your digital images tobeen fitted with a digital back.BUT take note, he stills
your friends and family via your PC, it's not going toapplies the OLD techniques to his photography, that
make any difference at all.My son-in-law swears thatis; careful attention to composition, lighting and
the old Long Playing Records, you use to buy, thatexposure. Because that's how he was trained and
have long since been replaced by the music CD, arethat's what earned him his reputation and why his
in fact of a higher quality tonal range and soundclients still keep coming back to him.IT HAD
definition that any equivalent music CD. And, I haveNOTHING TO DO WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS... as far
to agree with him, assuming that the LP is in "mint"as the professional photographer is concerned, digital
condition, which because of it's age might well not becameras are just a new piece of equipment that he
up scratch. Scratch being the operative word...Butnow uses, and that's the bottom line...I do hope your
again is this additional sound quality required for yougetting the message loud and clear, that just
Super Woofers pumping out Hip Hop, especially onbecause it's easy to use digital, it does not mean that
the dance floor disco club...This brings us back toyou don't have to learn your stuff to become a
photography and the great advantage of digital isphotographer. For example reading up good books,
simply being able to see you results immediately andthis is how I learnt the basics when I was at school. I
discarding by pressing "delete" or erase, the oneshave to say that in my case, because I was able to
that didn't make it and only keeping the ones thatwork as an apprentice in one of London's largest
you want.However the same criteria still applies andstudios that I gained invaluable experience. This was
will always apply, if you aspire to be a greatto be one of the the most incredible stories in my life
photographer, that is careful composition, lighting andand the experience taught me everything I needed
exposure and unless you have a hold on this proto know about photography technique.To learn more
approach to you images, they will be nothing moreabout Digital v. Film Stock, go here:Digital v. Film
than mediocre, and that's a place I don't want toStockTo learn more about Digital Photography, go
visit!!!So apart from your virtual photo album on line,here:Digital PhotographyRoger started his career in
what is the difference. Well if your a snapper, you willthe early sixties at the tender age of 15 as an
always be a snapper. But if you take a pride inapprentice in a large London Ad/Fashion Studio. A
producing images that appeal to the eye and youfew years late he became one of London's youngest
have learnt your stuff good and well, you'll be able tomost successful Ad/Fashion photographers.In the
create great images in any medium, be it film orseventies he became freelance and took most of his
digital or whatever medium that may follow in theclients with him. He retired recently but still carries out
next decade or two.It's all down to basics andselective assignments. He also runs several websites,
although I can't talk in great technical detail aboutone of them is: Pro SECRETS of Money Making
digital imaging, which is one way to create an Image,PHOTOGRAPHYRoger also teaches and helps
I can talk in great technical detail about photographyphotographers and beginners with advice from his
technique, which is more relevant to day than almostvast experiences in Ad/Fashion photography.
any other time.Why might that be I here you say,