I am a photo nut, and constantly want to take pictures of everything everywhere. Before the advent of digital cameras, I would go through rolls and rolls of film and spend so much money on processing pictures that would end up being off center or be taken of someone with their eyes closed or with an unattractive look on their face. Now that I have found a great digital camera, I have been able to take thousands of pictures without spending the money on processing photos that are less than desirable.
The wonderful thing about having a digital camera is that you can immediately see if a picture you have taken has turned out. If you take the picture and see on the screen that someone wasn’t looking at the camera, you can immediately take another photo to correct it. Without a digital camera, you would have to wait until the photos are processed, and then the moment is gone. In addition, you can pick and choose which photos you would like to have processed for your photo album, instead of spending money on pictures that will just be thrown away. So while a digital camera may be more expensive initially, you will save hundreds to thousands of dollars in film and film processing costs over the life of the camera.
There are some wonderful digital photo organization programs that will hold all of your digital photos on your computer, most of which are free. These programs allow you to download the pictures from your digital camera memory card unto your computer, where you can then sort through to pick which ones you would like to print and which you would like to delete completely. These programs also allow you to hold onto photos in an album format without having to print the photos out at all. Many programs will organize your digital photos by the date they were taken, so you automatically have the pictures sorted by date rather than having to sort through printed pictures you have thrown into a shoebox like in the past.
If you take pictures at any point of your life, a digital camera is a wonderful investment. There are so many things you can do with the photos, and you will save money over regular cameras. Once you learn how to use them, you will never use a camera that is not a digital camera again.
