Digital

I have a digital camera and I've never been a particularly good photographer, but the digital age makes things really challenging.

The good thing is I can take lots of photos and check them all out before wasting money on printing them. I can easily delete anything not worth saving and take many without worrying about the cost. That's a huge change in the photography world!

The bad thing is it takes so long between the time I push the button and the picture actually is taken. Now I've been trying to get photos of kids for a long time and and its never easy to get the right shot. But now its impossible. You snap it, and they move before the camera actually takes the picture. It's one of the most frustrating things in the world. I can't tell you how many photos I've taken of the back of one of the grandkids heads! They just don't stand still long enough!

My daughter got a fancy new digital camera for Christmas. It actually senses when the subject smiles and takes the photo instantaneously. Amazing. We tested it out and it works. It even has a setting you can adjust for a small smile, a regular smile, or a big smile. What in the world!?

I can't imagine how expensive that camera was because its a far cry from my little pocket camera that never seems to catch a smile. I think I may give up on the whole photography thing altogether...