Photography used to be a very expensive hobby.
Camera equipment aside, the cost of films and developing them can be phenomenal.
But nowadays, the equipment is quite affordable.
You can even earn money with modern photography! With the advancement in various imaging technologies, photography today is much more affordable than ever before.
Many modern digital cameras can equal the quality of much more expensive film-based cameras.
But purists insist that film is still the way to go.
At the high end of the spectrum, that is true.
However, digital photography has progressed to such a stage that even high end fashion magazines have started to incorporate digital photography.
Traditional photography has become more of an art form rather than a commercial tool.
Almost anything that can be done on film, can be achieved using modern digital imaging techniques.
In fact, digital photographs are much more flexible when it comes to practical applications.
Almost everybody earn money with modern photography nowadays! For example, if you want to have a beautiful backdrop for your subject, you will have to have the actual backdrop ready for a traditional photo shoot.
But with digital photography, you can shoot your subject, then shoot the backdrop and merge them easily.
Such photographic magic can also be done using traditional film methods, but the process is much more tedious and cannot be repeated.
In the digital world, you could play around with countless backdrops and see their impact on the overall picture composition before making a choice.
With powerful imaging software, this complicated task can even be accomplished with a simple mouse click.
The only requirement for great photography that has not changed is the skill and the artistic eye of the camera man.
The creativity of the lens-man is the deciding factor in today's world of high tech photography.
Picture composition, playing with lights and such artistic talents are still the core skills that technology cannot completely replace without creating artificial pictures.
Majority of the professional photographers earn money with modern photography.
Digital cameras used to be techno-toys shunned by traditional photographers.
The real photographers.
But not anymore.