TheDev
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- Apr 15, 2009
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- Winter Park, Fl
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I have been photographing as a hobby for a while now, and recently have begun to pursue it more in depth. I have always shot Black and White film and I finally felt like I knew what I was doing and could consistently produce quality images.
When talking to people about pursuing photography as something more than a hobby I was told I needed to embrace the digital age. So a week ago I bought my first digital camera. I got a Canon 50D so I could have as close to a professional camera as I could afford.
Unfortunately, the change to digital is proving harder than I expected. All the pictures I take seem to be lacking in quality in my opinion, and I want to know what I'm doing wrong. I shoot all in RAW so it leads me to believe it is one of a couple of things.
1. Lenses- The lenses that I have are and old kit lens from my film canon rebel and a cheap 70-300mm zoom
2. Post-Processing- I have never used photoshop to touch up images and maybe with digital post-processing is what it's all about
3.Learning Curve- Finally maybe it is just me adjusting to the new format and I should just keep my chin up keep on shooting and one day it will click.
Anything you can say to ease my mind would be greatly appreciated.
When talking to people about pursuing photography as something more than a hobby I was told I needed to embrace the digital age. So a week ago I bought my first digital camera. I got a Canon 50D so I could have as close to a professional camera as I could afford.
Unfortunately, the change to digital is proving harder than I expected. All the pictures I take seem to be lacking in quality in my opinion, and I want to know what I'm doing wrong. I shoot all in RAW so it leads me to believe it is one of a couple of things.
1. Lenses- The lenses that I have are and old kit lens from my film canon rebel and a cheap 70-300mm zoom
2. Post-Processing- I have never used photoshop to touch up images and maybe with digital post-processing is what it's all about
3.Learning Curve- Finally maybe it is just me adjusting to the new format and I should just keep my chin up keep on shooting and one day it will click.
Anything you can say to ease my mind would be greatly appreciated.