Learn Digital Photography Now  

If you're not already comfortable with it, you definitely should learn digital photography now. Digital photography has been absolutely revolutionary. Digital cameras have gone from being an awkward and extremely expensive option to a film camera to essentially replacing film cameras in the marketplace. There's a good reason for this. 

For one thing, they have become quite simple and highly affordable. Because they basically run off a small computer, they have amazing features at a low cost. 

But perhaps the story of how I got convinced that digital photography is the way to go will help you understand some of the benefits of this new way of taking pictures. 

A Tale of Three Dads and Their Cameras

 About five years ago, my son was in the Boy Scouts and I was one of the adults on a weeklong backpacking trip. Naturally, I wanted to take some pictures as did the other dads on the trip. Three of us made three different decisions about how to do that. 

At the time, I had a pretty good film camera but I was concerned about taking a backpacking. I was worried about it getting beat up, getting wet or getting dirt in its innards when I change the film. I decided to bring a couple of single use cameras that film companies used to sell (I'm not even sure they're still on the market). 

One of the other dads went the other way. He bought a new SLR film camera just for the trip. 

The other father had a digital point-and-shoot camera with a large memory card. 

The two of us with film cameras knew we only had a limited amount of film with this so we were selective and just when we took pictures. The guy with the digital camera was taking pictures all the time. 

The fellow with the SLR had to be pretty protective of his camera, but the digital guy didn't seem to have to be any more careful with his camera than I was with my disposable ones. 

The difference in digital photography really became clear to me when we got home. I dropped my cameras off at the drugstore to get developed. I've taken a total of 54 pictures. I didn't want to pay the extra for same-day processing so I was going to have to wait a few days to see what they looked like. 

About the same time I got back from the drugstore Digital Guy stopped by. He had copied all the pictures from the trip onto a CD and was given one to everybody who had been there. 

I was astounded. He'd taken hundreds of pictures, yet it was extremely simple for him to give everyone a copy. I couldn't help but compare the time and expense it would take for me to give everyone a copy of my measly 54 pictures. 

That was the beginning of my digital conversion. I went on the trip again the next year, but this time with a digital camera. 

Taking digital pictures opens up endless possibilities. Not only can you share them on CDs, but you can send them by e-mail, you can post them on blogs or social media sites such as Facebook. There are websites devoted to hosting pictures where people can show off their best photographs. 

Not only that, but the editing possibilities are endless. I used to do a little darkroom developing, with even the simplest editing programs go way beyond what even a pro could do in the darkroom a decade or two ago. 

There's more to digital photography, but I hope this is enough information to convince you that you really should learn digital photography now. And the great news is that it's never been easier to become an expert quickly. Click Here to read a review of a great digital photography course and start capturing memories today.