Hobby Not Just For the Kids

The old joke about the way to get something done on a computer is to ask a six-year-old, doesn’t apply to amateur digital photography as even grandparents can enjoy being able to see the pictures immediately. Plus being able to broadcast the latest pictures to the entire family without the need for envelopes and stamps makes it faster and cheaper.

There are several printers on the market as well that support amateur digital photography which makes the availability of traditional prints easier and cheaper. On some printers all that’s needed to obtain prints is a cable from the camera to the printer. Even the photo print paper has improved greatly in recent years, with a few offering traditional print-quality finishing.
Unfortunately, print size is somewhat limited with amateur digital photography as the size of your printer will determine the largest-sized print you can make at home. There is software that allows for poster-size prints, but requires taping together nine to 12 or more 8” x 10” prints to achieve the size of a poster.

Several companies are available that you can walk in with your camera’s memory card, or disk, and print photos on their printer so having a quality device at home is not so much a necessity as it is a convenience to amateur digital photography. For extra convenience several companies allow you to upload your digital pictures to their computers, they will make the prints and mail them to you.

Everyone Can Enjoy Amateur Digital Photography

There’s good news for those thinking of making the switch from film to amateur digital photography - with today’s products everyone can enjoy it. The biggest enjoyment is in not having to run to the proverbial drugstore to get the film developed and no longer having to barter for refunds on the prints that didn’t come out quite the way you expected.
Another advantage to amateur digital photography is knowing immediately which photos you may want or need to retake. On most digital cameras when the picture is taken it shows on the LCD screen and you know immediately if it’s in focus, heads are cut off and so on. You can retake the shot at the time and not whine about how bad it turned out later.
Amateur digital photography is a growing hobby as the price of quality cameras are coming down and the software to manipulate the images is becoming easier to use. More and more people are taking the time to learn the finer points of amateur digital photography and finding the results are better than expected.