Digital photography

Digital photography is the process of creating an image of an object by recording the radiation — or light — onto a photosensitive medium. In digital photography, this medium is an electronic sensor. During a timed exposure, a controlled amount of light is captured by a device called a camera that stores the resulting information on the electronic media for further processing.

Once the image is recorded, it can then be processed. For digital photography, it can be done using a software product like Adobe Lightroom. From there, the image can then be printed or be placed on a Web site, photo-sharing sites, or displayed in other ways.

Digital photography can be done as a hobby, or practiced at the professional level. It is used for portraiture, advertising, illustration, journalistic efforts, fine art, and even in the science and technology fields. The transition from predominately film to predominately digital photography has been rapid. The transition period occurring from around 1995 to 2005, the digital revolution happened much faster than anyone imagined.

While many of the same techniques that were done in the days of Ansel Adams are still valid, now with tools like Adobe Photoshop, you have many more methods for working with digital photography, as well as many more opportunities for manipulation, and even dishonesty. What digital photography will be in another hundred years is anyone's guess.

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• What Camera Should I Get?

  
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  I won’t bore you with specifics as to how digital cameras work. Frankly, I’d be taking the fun right out of it if I were to do so. Besides, I learned most of what I know from just getting out there and experimenting. However, if you want a quick run-down before you start combing shops for gear, give this a ...
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• Frick workshop shows the ins, outs of great photography (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  
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  The Frick Art & Historical Center on Sunday is hosting a workshop that aims to introduce children to the art of photography, and teach them a few basic skills they can use.
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• Big Shot: Build Your Own Digital Camera [Digital Cameras] (Gizmodo)

  
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• BillboardLive.com lets viewers choose their camera angle to watch free concerts online (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  
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• Deal of the Day – Canon PowerShot G11 10MP Digital Camera + FREE 4GB SD Card (The Gadgeteer)

  
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  The LogicBUY deal of the day is for the Canon PowerShot G11 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch articulating LCD for $499 – $15 off LogicBUY Exclusive Coupon Code = $484 plus FREE … [visit site to read more] Filed in categories: NewsTagged: Deal of the DayDeal of ...
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• Deal Brothers: Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera:  $129.99 (The Mac Observer)

  
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• The Ricoh GXR is the smallest digital camera with interchangeable lenses (Geek.com)

  
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  There’s a lot of digital camera on the market, but for the most part, they all look pretty much the same on the inside. But Ricoh makes weird camers, and their new GXR is no exception: it’s essentially a digital camera that is inside-out. The GXR takes the light sensitive sensor out of the body and […]
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• Intel Reader: A Camera That Reads Text Out Loud (The Huffington Post)

  
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  This is not another thin tablet that displays text; instead it’s more like a chunky digital camera that instantly captures the words on a printed page and pronounces them aloud. That makes it little more than a curio for mainstream gadget lovers, but a potential godsend for those who struggle to read standard text ...
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• Digital camera makers Ability and Altek post high revenues for October (Digi Times)

  
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  Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the top-three Taiwan-based digital camera makers, have released unaudited revenues for October, with the former hitting a record for the second consecutive month and the latter seeing the highest monthly level in 2009.
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• Fixing Panorama Alignment in Photoshop CS4

  
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• Controlling Exposure Time

  
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• BillboardLive.com lets viewers choose their camera angle to watch free concerts online (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  
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• Deal of the Day – Canon PowerShot G11 10MP Digital Camera + FREE 4GB SD Card (The Gadgeteer)

  
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• Deal Brothers: Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera:  $129.99 (The Mac Observer)

  
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  The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera for $129.99, with free delivery.
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• The Ricoh GXR is the smallest digital camera with interchangeable lenses (Geek.com)

  
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  There’s a lot of digital camera on the market, but for the most part, they all look pretty much the same on the inside. But Ricoh makes weird camers, and their new GXR is no exception: it’s essentially a digital camera that is inside-out. The GXR takes the light sensitive sensor out of the body and […]
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• Intel Reader: A Camera That Reads Text Out Loud (The Huffington Post)

  
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  This is not another thin tablet that displays text; instead it’s more like a chunky digital camera that instantly captures the words on a printed page and pronounces them aloud. That makes it little more than a curio for mainstream gadget lovers, but a potential godsend for those who struggle to read standard text ...
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• Olympus Miu770SW camera (BikeRadar)

  
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  Near-indestructible digital camera
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