Digital Photography

Subtopic

not as expensive as dSLR's

much simpler to use

almost everyone has one today

good image quality with practically
no skill required

landscape photography

main point is to capture the beauty of nature

can be combined with wildlife
photography(animals)

concert photography

capturing music events

often requires expensive equipment

much skill is needed because of the
hard working conditions and often
times fast paced concerts

street photography

based on photographing
everyday people/objects

it can be quite challenging

the idea is to capture emotions from
people we encounter on the street

portraits

main subjects are humans

capturing emotions

post processing

editing digital negatives on a PC

can only be made with dSLR's

various formats depending on camera
manufacturer

.raw

.nef

.dng

.dng

universal extension

many manufacturers

Canon

Nikon

Pentax

lenses

wide-angle

primes

they are fixed lenses that cannot zoom
but they provide better quality

telephoto

can provide Digital Negatives(.dng)

often times expensive

it takes time to learn
all their functions