Briggs Ch. 6 February 24, 2011
Posted by acusumano in : Assignments , trackbackThe adage that a picture’s worth a thousand words has, alas, proven untrue whenever I try to submit a 1250-word paper to a professor with just a photograph and three paragraphs. But when it comes to online writing, not including pictures is a capital offense (and I’ll plead guilty to occasionally committing the crime).
A picture may not be literally worth a thousand words, but the difference between showing and telling is staggering. In print, perhaps a publisher might want to avoid the hefty amount of ink necessary to include a picture. That excuse doesn’t cut it online. Digital photography imposes little expense beyond the camera itself (which admittedly can be costly). However, that’s assuming you’re talking about photographs you’ve taken. Just like in print, any credible online publication will get permission from and credit any sources for its images.
This is not a digital camera. But it's under Creative Commons so there you go.
There are many benefits to digital photography that don’t apply to conventional cameras as seen on the left:
- A memory card holds a lot more pictures than a roll of film
- You can immediately look at–and discard–any pictures you take
- Pictures can be uploaded and shared with family, friends, editors, etc. easily
- Editing and cropping images can be done quickly
All that said, digital photography is simply a progression of a technology that already existed. You use the pictures in the same way one would utilize conventional photographs.
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