Digital photography has had an incredible impact on our personal lives. Capturing, sharing, and protecting our memories has never been easier. But the beauty of digital photos doesn't end with taking great pictures of your family and friends. Digital technology has done more than just improve our ability to share and store pictures -it's had a massive impact on how many modern industries operate.
Here are just a few of the industries revolutionized by digital photography:
Medicine
The field of medicine has benefited greatly from the development of digital imagery. Thanks to the ease of transferring digital images, patient data can now be stored with relevant photographs and sent to any hospital in the world. No film means instant results for things such as X-rays or reference photographs, and photos can now be stored on a hard drive instead of taking up valuable space in a storage room. So many types of medical procedures (like endoscopic surgeries) would not be possible if it weren't for digital technology.
The World of the Internet
Over the last ten years, the Internet has experienced a social revolution. The internet was once considered a hangout for nerds but now has become one of the most important communication tools in the world. A big part of this commuication is the ability to share, upload and download images. Facebook alone has over 10 billion photographs and counting, none of which would be present if not for digital cameras. Whether it’s sharing images of a wedding (so others can display them in picture frames) or cell-phone photos of a crisis, digital has changed the way in which people share their stories on the web.
Outer Space
Space exploration is thought to be one of humanity's most significant achievements. New technology has let scientists see things in space that had never been viewed before like the digital cameras mounted on the Mars Exploration Rovers that have helped us learn more about the Planet Mars. Without the ability to process images as data and transmit them across space, our view of outer space would still be very limited.
The Field of Sports
Digital photography has completely changed how we capture sportings events and in order to fully appreciate it's impact it requires a more thorough look. Since digital photography is not limited by film, there is really no cost difference between taking a thousand photographs or taking one. Now sports journalists can take thousands of images at an event and can increase their chances of getting the "one in a million" shot without risking the high cost of taking hundreds of shots using film.
How We Learn
And with education, digital photography has helped make learning more accessible, more interactive and perhaps even more rewarding. The low cost of digital makes it a great choice for student projects, and the abundance of digital photos and editing tools have provided countless students with resources for presentations and research. This causes pictures to become a bigger part of people's lives and allows more people to have and display them wherever they want whether in small picture frames or in their wallets. Digital video, which relies on many of the same technologies as digital photos, has improved our ability to take courses from home and has helped to erase national borders by allowing students to interact with people across the globe in real-time.
It can be easy to take digital photography for granted, especially in our daily lives. However, when you take a look at some of the things that digital cameras have made possible, it is hard to ignore the impact that they have had on our quality of life. From advanced medical procedures to a clearer view of the stars, digital has opened many doors that without it would have remained closed – possibly forever.
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