Digital photography and its impact
Digital photography has immensely changed the world and the way photography is viewed. The traditional photograph did not have a significant impact as the digital one because of the great capabilities ingrained in it especially in promoting the quality of images. There has also been increased manipulation of photographic images and an incredible distributed nature of digital photographs attributed to the digitization of photographs. Embedding mobile phones with cameras have enabled capturing of live events and many other images that could perhaps not have been captured by the traditional cameras. This, therefore, means that journalism has been made much easier than before and that more images can be shared and presented to the world. Digitization and convergence of photography have increased accessibility of content, preservation of images and enabled editing and enhancement of images making it a great step in journalism.
Storage of Documents and Photographic Images
Studios act as a place where many productions of mostly intellectual work take place. Videos, music, and photos are done in the studio. According to Van (2008), when a client has gone to the studio, they have an opportunity to see all the creation process of images that is taking place. All the produced images can be immediately viewed with a great color to any set projection screen that is available (Cobley " Haeffner 2009). After the whole process is through, now publication can follow instantly. The photographer can use other platforms created by the advanced technology to send clear images to the respective clients at once (Sturken, 2009). Emails, messengers can be used. This has reduced the cost and time that was initially used to transport the work to the clients. Clients can make other orders or any complaints immediately if any. Using the software installed in the cameras, the information of the clients can be stored for long and cannot be lost unless the clients or the photographer delete them.
Developments of New Software of Cameras
Most Digital Cameras uses the format of JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts).JPEG is a compressed image format and is commonly used to store photos from the digital cameras. Raw digital cameras are also used. Photos from an image which is first processed by the raw converter before anything can be done to the image (Caple, 2011).The files from the JPEG can look very good despite having small files. Most high-end digital cameras also give you the option of creating image files in RAW format, the image can be manipulated by editing and the quality is high compared to JPEG. Computer software like the Digital Photo Profession (which works closely with the lenses to protect distortions) can mathematically define vectors of images like the graphics created in the programs like the PowerPoint (Vahid " Givargis, 2011). These images can be used to create some diagrams, cartons to illustrate something. This has widened the bases for the sources of revenue to the journalists, particularly photojournalist.
Improving the Timeliness of Journalism
The publishers can receive the photos from the photojournalist as the event took place. This has eased the professionalism of journalism, and the career becomes more enjoyable (Dardis, 2017). A photojournalist may find it very fast to transfer publication from one point to another by taking very less time. Facebook, emails, Instagram have become a major source in the transfer of the message from one place to another with the digital platforms. The Original images can be edited after realizing there were some mistakes we made. This makes people be updated on the current information (Kelby, 2013).
Keeping of Documents and Photographic Images
The studios act as a place where many productions of mostly intellectual work take place. Videos, music, and photos are done in the studio. According to Dardis (2017), when a client has gone to the studio, they have an opportunity to see all the creation process of images that is taking place. All the produced images can be immediately viewed with a great color to any set projection screen that is available. After the whole process is through, now publication can follow instantly. The photographer can use other platforms created by the advanced technology to send clear images to the respective clients at once. Emails, messengers can be used. This has reduced the cost and time that was initially used to transport the work to the clients. Clients can make other orders or any complaints immediately if any. Using the software installed in the cameras, the information of the clients can be stored for long and cannot be lost unless the clients or the photographer delete them. During the analog time, any photographer was required to set the speed of the film, manually focus and compose the photo (Kelby, 2013). The digital camera has automated the whole procedure. The availability of editing programs in the Camera has made the work be even easier. For example, if you can have 24 edited photos from 200 taken photos.
Greater Memory
Memory entails a great impact on photojournalism. Digital cameras have been inbuilt with a huge memory can safeguard the memory of the cameras have been increased and can do a variety of things at once (Van, 2008). The data has already been stored and be retrieved when the need arises. The digital cameras and other multipurpose devices are used to promote the storage of the data. Internal storage to the digital cameras notably has been increased (Vahid " Givargis, 2001). This has helped the photographer to take the variety of information at once. For instance, the journalist can move from one location to another with much confidence. The cameras have enough capacity to gather videos, images, and send them to the publication house. With the analog, unique information can be obtained at a time. Digital, a variety can be accessed at once.
Identification of a Person
The digital cameras have created an avenue to store photos for the future. People can do a flashback of what happened some years back. Digital cameras have now become the tools of identity formation rather than being only the tool for memory (Van, 2008). An individual can take a selfie. The selfies involve the transmission of the feelings of an individual to the rest of the society. The selfie activities provide an avenue for self-explanation of who the person is to the public to make a judgment. Traditionally people used mirrors, but now digital cameras can be used, and an image can be adjusted to fit the desire of an individual before circulating to the masses for viewing. The information online is not very secure, and the cybercriminals and hackers can interfere with the good reputation of a person by editing the uploaded data and therefore create some problems for the person with others.
Direct Experience of What Is Happening
The digital cameras can promote live coverage. Viewers can have a picture and a direct experience of what is happening at a distance. For instance, in a football pitch, the photographers are all around covering what is taking place at the moment, those who are not in the stadium can have a live picture of what is going on The digital World, digital camera highlights the exact person, an object with the original color. Those who cannot read and write can also know what is happening in different places by just viewing the images and therefore having a more united environment.
Source of Information across the Region
The domestic digital photographer can be used by family members to communicate. Portable devices like mobile can be used to take photos. These photos can be uploaded online as long as their internet coverage (Wendt, 2014). Father, for example, can have a clear picture of what is happening to the rest of the family at a distance without traveling. This has significantly reduced the expenses of traveling from one place to another. This has led to loose of personal touch. Some individuals might have self-interest and therefore editing the image. False information will be transferred and hence having a prejudgment.
In conclusion
The technology is cutting across all the sectors of production of goods and services. Taking photos, videos, images have positively affected the advancement in technology. The photographers are important people in the society. Digital has changed the World into a better place to live and do smooth business. People may spend more time in leisure because the products are online, and they can purchase new products using the recommendation from the seller based on the previous purchase. They provide the community with the necessary information. Privacy is compromised, and people can edit the saved images anytime. The security of countries has been interfered with by the enemies who use a lot of propaganda to spread false content. Digital technology has positively impacted the media sector, particularly photography. The digitization and convergence in photography have led to more accessibility and transmission of the content all over the World. People can share information without moving from one place to another. Preservation of the data for the future has been enhanced.
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