There is a photographer within all of us. However, it depends on the extent to which a person wants to hone this skill. In the earlier days, only those with the resources could afford this ‘elite hobby’. The cameras were themselves very expensive. The photographer would have to wait for that right moment and photographer has to take settings like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance and many more into considerations while preying on the perfect click. Photography, today, has grown over time. The cameras have become smart: they cater to exotic features like instant transfer through wifi, bluetooth sharing, smart settings, and expandable memory. These features have allowed the photographer to focus on the frame rather than on the fine technicalities.

She/ he can take hundreds of photographs without a single thought of using up one of the 16 film reels and eventually select the best that she/ he finds the perfect click.

Technology has taken a step ahead by incorporating cameras within our cell phones. A phone without a camera, well, without two cameras are losing their value in the minds of the general audience. Everyone cares about the camera of the phone. This hypothesis has been proven by Apple and Google’s focus on the optical stabilizing camera, which specifically provides low light photography. Not only these global giants but other companies competing in the mobile phone market have made their concern over the photographic aspect of the phone. This, in turn, empowers the people to click photographs, share, and capture memories without even possessing the luxury of a DSLR camera.

Despite all the amenities provided by the phones, photography enthusiast tend to prefer the DSLR camera since these too have evolved to present an image that is close, if not better, to the image captured by the best camera in the world- the eye.

-Sarika Kaushal