tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371904020164697258.post8456528050773337982..comments2024-03-28T03:12:12.079-05:00Comments on Northern Valley Beacon: Photography: it's backDavid Newquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04937837001343753140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371904020164697258.post-56684439960421797572009-01-17T11:43:00.000-06:002009-01-17T11:43:00.000-06:00I don't know if the photo you have is the one that...I don't know if the photo you have is the one that hit Flicker? some time before the regular news media had any kind of image or not.<BR/><BR/>BBC News (I think) had a short story on citizen journalism or some such which mentioned this. Cellphones with photo capability are everywhere.<BR/>Unfortunately, US cellphone companies charge exorbitantly for many features free in third-world countries. We have our antiquated phone systems controlling new technology and disabling features on phones. This limits the availability of photo images.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, photography is so much easier now than it was in the days of chemical trays and week or longer waits for processing of color slides. Film Nikons set on the shelf as a dinky digital captures fuzzy images.<BR/><BR/>Time to update the digital, so I can get something that will be obsolete next month.<BR/><BR/>But, digital still photography and the internet provide a whole new window on the world. Text and still photographs provide information in a way that can be remembered and found. Video is so transient that even a video loaded with information is forgotten nearly instantly and finding the information buried in one is not like opening a book, magazine, or newspaper.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822031428178023879noreply@blogger.com