What has changed?

Digital era has been a revolution for photography. It has modified the habits of the amateur photographers as well as those professionals.

In those times (not so long time ago), major components of the photographer were:

• A camera;
• Films;
• Dark room lab (black and white/color)
• Drawers for films and prints storage;
• Picture albums or presentation books.
  

Today, with the digital era, almost every component has been changed. Today equivalent components are:

• A digital camera;
• Memory cards;
• Computer for digital darkroom (for post-processing), and color printer;
• Storage system for digital information;
• Pictures album and presentation books.
  

In contrary to film based pictures which was difficult to be viewed if not printed, digital pictures can easily be viewed on a computer screen. Consequently, large part of today’s picture taken will never be printed. They will be stored and viewed mostly on a computer, resulting in potential risk of loss if not correctly managed. How many times did you hear somebody telling you how he lost all his children pictures because of a crashed disk, erased by mistake or his laptop was stolen?

In the coming posts, we will discuss every components of digital photography, with special focus on how to manage you digital pictures.