Digital imaging is prety much seen to be the processing, compression, storage, printing and display of images. Its about all the steps involved to create an image. Including the use of hardware, software and devices that store, transfer and maipulate digital images. Software and hardware are very much used in the process of digital imaging. The hardware and software i am comfortable and familiar with using are computers, digital cameras, memroy cards, USB hard drives, digital picture frames, video cameras, social networking sites, computer programes like picture viewer.
Digital images are a great way in which humans record keep! They provide memories of great times, provide story-telling opportunities and show other people whats been happening in that persons life. There are many ways photos are recorded and showen to people.
Facebook is by far the most used site in my life to record and show photos. Its a way to keep in touch with family and freinds, see whats been happening in everyone life- of travel, adventures they have been on and week-ends out. The use of digital imaging is used by so many other social net-working sites also.
Digital imaging can also offer information. Sites like Trade me use digital images as a way to sell products. The images provide information to people about the product they may want to bid on.
Sites like flickr are also another way to store and display images. This like facebook is a way to show family, freinds and the world photos you have captured. It keeps people up to date with what you have been up to. Its a great source of record keeping as its a way of managing your digital images and is easily accessible.
"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature"
This statement can be discussed at looked at through the idea of positive and negative affects of digital cameras compared to that of traditional film ones. With the advance in technology digital cameras allow us the ability to be able to take photos, veiw them before printing deciding if they are worth the hassle. Digital cameras allow us to put photos onto computers and photo shop them. These days its impossible to tell if the photo has been enhanced or if the photo was actually taken like you see it. Digital cameras do provide ease as their is no need to have to fiddle around trying to focus them. It takes 2minutes at a shop to print out 20 photos compared to traditional cameras where as their was an art to portraying the perfect image. Is start of the art technology changing or dimishing meaningful occupations?. The major difference i see between the two cameras is the fact that these days photos do not get printed as of often. I love going to peoples houses and flicking through photo ablums. I love looking at the albulms of my childhood and seeing the thousands of photos my parents printed off. These days, this does not happen and i think this is that saddest part of between the both. Even though its cheaper to not print them, its just not the same sharing memories and storytelling through looking at a computer screen.
Ethical issues are always going to arise from digital imagery and the way we use technology. Certainly the most obvious is putting photos onto the internet onto things like social networking sites without the permission of the people in the photo. Ethical issues can also arise through digital imaging if a person uses a photo of some sort without the permission of the person like using it to describe information, power points, as a way to show what not to do etc. Also another digital imaging ethical issue is the idea of pictures being taken of a person without them even knowing. Eg- Google street maps.
The use of digital imaging in occupational therapy has provided usefull ways to gather information, record client progress and help in the intervention. As technology grows i see digital imaging playing a major role in that of OTs treatment and intervention with clients. Digital imaging can provide a record of progress with people who have physical impairments, before and after shots of clients, can be someones meaningful occupation they particpate in, imaging may be used as communication tools. We recently had a lecture about technology and they spoke of the use of digital imageing - be that photos and videos, and how they posted these of a client onto a blog to provide the family with information on the progress he was making. I thought this was a clever yet very simple way to keep the connection with the family.
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