I heard it again yesterday for the billionth time: “Digital Photography”. Isn’t it time we drop the word ‘digital’?
Seems we’ve managed to drop the “electric” from “electric guitar” in common parlance.
We found it easy to drop the word “acrylic” from “acrylic painting” when that came on the scene with oils.
We quickly ditched the “digital” from “digital music” when it took the lead over records and tapes and CDs.
I suppose by-and-large our industry has dropped the word, but given that digital and analog photography are fundamentally the same thing, isn’t it time we implore the rest of the world to assimilate the term “digital photography” back into “photography” as a whole?
Can I get an AMEN from the congregation!!!!! AMEN brother….. AAAAAAAMEN!!!
definitely only necessary when specifically differentiating between film and digital – photographers and photography though will always simply be capturing images.
I agree with that Chase, but in order to do that we’re going to have to stop saying that we shoot digital camera’s. Reason why I agree is because on the real how many people do you see walking around with film cameras compared to our modern “digital” ones. With all of that said it’s just photograph and full stop! 🙂
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DT.
Miami, Florida | Nassau, Bahamas
Digital and analoge photography are definatley not the same, digital cameras have just made everyone into a photographer, analoge photography also involves the development of your negatives and printing your images. Whereas digital has editing.
Film photography should be a sub-group if so, not joined with digital.
Well I guess as long as there is issues about retouching photographs (thanks to reuteurs) I guess some people will want to make a difference. In my case if DIGITAL means i’m using my digit to press the shutter release I’m ok with that 😉
Cheers Chase from Switzerland