Unit III: From Your Camera to the World

Contrary to what some people might believe, clicking the shutter button is not the end of the job of a photographer. It’s more like the beginning of the end of a cycle. Pictures don’t just stay in the film or memory card. They still have to be somehow seen by people. This part of the course will cover what happens to a digital image, from the camera to the world.

Tom Ang illustrates what he calls the digital pathways in his book, Digital Photography: An Introduction. It is a life cycle of a digital image, starting from it’s capture, to its processing and storage, and it’s dissemination.

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The details may change over time, but this diagram will essentially stay true in the foreseeable future. Take a few moments to study the flow chart and think about its implications.

 

References:

Ang, T. (2010). Digital Photography: An Introduction (3rd ed.). New York, NY. DK Publishing.