What do the changed economics of digital photography mean to my photography techniques?
These are questions I’m addressing constantly in this first year of my use of professional-grade digital photography. The first aspect, the one I’m addressing in this article, is how I’m affected during the act of taking pictures. What does the fact that my “film” is free do to my mindset when I’m composing, choosing f-stop, shutter-speed, light-balance, bracketing, etc.? I can tell you that looking back over the first year, my initial thought is “I need more and larger camera storage”. Taking time to change every 100 or so shots (on the 1Gig) is not as bothersome as changing film every 24 or 36 exposures with my 35mm Canon, but taking time to dump a card, and even bringing the laptop to do this into, is very different and time consuming. I had purchased a 1Gig Lexar 80x Professional Compact Flash from my local camera store when I purchased the Nikon last August. Along the way I have also added a 1/2Gig card left over from a project at one of my customers’ that is a no-name brand indus
