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[stormdog]

I've commented before that different kinds of photography can be essentially whole different skillsets. Architecture vs. portraits for instance. Or even architecture vs. cars and trucks. Basical technical concepts carry over, but the details are nothing alike.

Enter digital vs. analog electronics. I started out being interested in analog, but that's led me into some digital stuff too and they are entirely different worlds. Learning to understand the analog amplifier in my radio kit while also watching Ben Eater's videos about constructing an 8-bit computer is like learning two different languages. Digital feels a little more straight-forward in its basics, but analog has more elegance and beauty, and complexity, right from the start.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I know what you mean- I think I do architectural detail pretty well but I'm hopeless at people.

[stormdog]

Me too. It doesn't help that I just don't find people very visually interesting, so I don't really understand how to accentuate the things that other people think make them interesting to look at.