1. Glitter Guide  2. Fujifilm FinePix X100 3. Rolleiflex Mini Digital Camera 4. Custom leather digital Leica

I was a photography concentration as an Art major in college, and have always loved taking pics. Back in the ol’ days of the darkrooms, there was a true art and science to taking pics and making prints. My college photography experience included using my Dad’s old ’70s Nikon, smelly chemicals, black and white film, pearl Ilford paper, and hours in the solitude of the darkroom. Yes, I’m dating myself here! I definitely miss that hands-on approach, but I’ve been embracing digital technology wholeheartedly since it started to become popular.

My first digital camera was acquired in 2001– a Canon digital Elph camera with just a couple of megapixels to work with. I loved the small stature and immediacy of the images I created. The focus then became about light, color, and composition. In the last 10 years, I’ve explored more Canon and Sony cameras, and my latest is the Panasonic LUMIX, which also takes HD video and has a handy speed burst setting (there will be a great pic somewhere in the series!).

Yet, since my switch to digital, I have very few prints of my pics from the last 10 years. They’re all on my iPhone, hard drive, Facebook, or flickr. Alas, I’d love to hold these precious memories in my hands.

In the last year or so, I’ve mostly relied on my iPhone’s convenient camera to get great shots if I don’t need the fancy features of my Panasonic. The camera in the iPhone is actually pretty decent, and I’ve achieved some fantastic results with it (see below; recipes coming soon).

Now that I have my blog, I’d love to take consistently amazing shots of the food I make, so I can be a total food blogging rock star like Joy the Baker. So, the coveted, expensive SLR digital camera is somewhere in my future.

Another obstacle that I have encountered is that great food pics require great light — sunlight is the absolute best. Since I currently work full time, and Shabbos is the day of rest, Sunday becomes my only day to take great pics of my creations for now. If you spread the word about this blog, maybe one day, I can do this full time (hint, hint) and take advantage of the daylight.

Since the digital photography revolution, have you also felt the sting of paperless photography? What printing services do you use? Share your thoughts in the comments below.