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Differences in Digital Photography and Film Photography

There is a different thought process used when you are shooting with film camera compared to when you shoot with a digital camera. Besides technical differences like spatial resolution, noise & grain, dynamic range, and type of film versus type of sensor, there are the differences in how we as photographers treat the scene.

When you shoot with a film camera, it is about planning and preparation. You are careful about selecting your subject and how you arrange your composition because you are limited in the number of photographs you can take (usually 24 or 36 with film). You will make sure you subject is emphasized and more in context to what you are trying to convey or remember with this particular photograph. You will be more careful with your technical use, using adequate light, proper ISO settings, and shutter speed or aperture settings based on how creative you want to be. Usually, you will only take one or two shots of a particular scene. You will also be mindful of storage – where you will store your prints and negatives. Finally – you know there is a cost to have the film developed.

For example, at a birthday party, you may move drinks, plates, wrapping paper, and move to a better vantage when you take the photographs of the birthday child blowing out their cake candles. You may dim the lights to show off the candles. You know there will be games, presents to open, and candid shots to take so you won’t use all 24 or 36 exposures on the candles being blown out.

When you shoot with a digital camera, it is all about convenience and flexibility. You are only limited by the number of photographs your memory card will hold, so you will shoot each scene many times. You will be prone to not paying attention to emphasizing your subject because the percentages of “spray and shoot” will most likely give you one or two shots you will like. You will not pay close attention to technical settings knowing you can delete or edit what does not come out well. Making sure you have empty spaces in your latest photography album won’t matter because all of the photographs are digital and you store on your hard drive. Finally, there is no cost to develop film; you again have no limits on how many photographs you will take.

For example, at the same birthday party as mentioned above, you will move around the room shooting from many angles and not be concerned with small clutter in the foreground or background. You won’t worry about dimming the lights for the candles because you know there is the ability to edit the lighting with editing software. You’ll take many more candids than if you were shooting with film, and you’ll shoot all the games, all the presents, and all of the kids watching.

In summary – this article isn’t about teaching you how to take technically correct photographs. It is an article to help you see the differences in how we treat digital photography in a much more lax way than we ever did film photography. Being aware of how differently we treat the two will help us to become better photographers.

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Avengers Movie Review: Epic

An entire Indian generation has come a long way today, and this reviewer is one of them. From playing that DataEast game which announced ‘The Avengers’ in a baritone that would make Amitabh Bachchan look puny, to watching them in true blue 3D on the big screen – we have survived. This week, we review The Avengers, a unique movie that has more than five superheroes, and does justice to all of them. Here is the complete review of The Avengers.

[rating:3]

Loki, he of the golden horns who had earlier made life difficult for Thor in the movie Thor, runs a pact with an unknown race, an alien race, will help him extract his revenge, if he opens a portal for them to attack Earth. Loki does what he is told, and steals the Tessaracat (a McGruber if there ever was one), and opens a portal for the other world to attack Earth. Loki steals the Tessaract, takes a group of scientists and Hawkeye under his command, and opens up a portal that brings the aliens onto Earth.

Because this threat has never been experienced by Nicky Fury and the S.H.I.E.L.D, they come up with a new plan, set up The Avengers, a team which would have Earth’s best superheroes, and in their own words, “If they won’t be able to save it, they would at least be around to avenge it”. How, and whether The Avengers save Earth this around forms the rest of the story.

Given the movie has a wafer thin plot, it is surprising that it runs for a little over two hours, and it is also surprising that there’s not a single moment where you would want to not watch The Avengers do their stuff. There’s Iron Man, there’s The Hulk, there’s Captain America, there’s Thor, there’s Black Widow and Hawkeye.

Some fans would think that Hawk and Black Widow would get less screentime, or their characters would just be space fillers, but that is not the case. Both of them have quite a fleshed out role, when it comes to a movie that has seven protagonists, with four of them having their own movies, the Hawk and Black Widow characters have been used very well.

The best performances and characterizations is a mixed bag between Iron Man, Hulk and Loki. All three characters are so well written, that you would want to either go out and rent all the Marvel movies, just to know what these characters have been doing all this life.The best part of the movie is the dialogues. Each and every character has one dialogue that makes them the best out of the lot. There are several ooh and aah moments, and that moment where Captain America’s shield would be hit by Thor’s Mjolin is also shown in the movie.

The dialogues given to all the characters are top class, and you will certainly not want to bat an eyelid after the interview. The movie does lag a bit before the interval, but we should cut them some slack, as they had to introduce seven superheroes in a single movie. Everyone has their moments, and the movie of course tries to put a reply to some of the oldest questions in comiclore – what would happen if the Mjolnir hits Captain America’s shield, what happens Thor and Iron Man, the two singlemost obnoxious and attitude laden men meet each other – etc, etc, etc.

Loki is pure evil, while Iron Man is still the brash, flamboyant person who just saves the world because there’s nobody else that’d do it. There’s also The Hulk, who would easily fit in as one of the most confused characters in the history of the Marvel Universe. It’s Captain America and Thor with their old school concepts that add some value to the ongoing mayhem on screen.

The action sequences are pure, unadulterated fun. Though we still consider that the sequences in The Incredible Hulk were the best action sequences ever done in a superhero movie, the half an hour long battle sequence in The Avengers comes a very close second.To put it in a capsule, The Avengers is a very strong, well-made superhero movie that promises more bang for your buck than ever. If there could one thing that it suffers from, then it would be the old age discussion about how Marvel Comics characters are more or less popcorn ones, compared to the deeper, darker ones over at DC. And with both the universes being turned into movies now, the Avengers would not be the best bet for people who want some darker, more intense superhero movies.

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