One of the coolest things about digital photography is not the camera itself, but what you can do with the photo after the fact, called post processing, using different software programs like Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop Elements. A fun thing to do is to combine 2 or more images and merge them together to create a composite image. Common additions include adding a bird or the moon to a dramatic sk...

Digital cameras usually require a computer and associated software to recreate and edit the image. A computer meant for digital photography should be fast enough to process the high definition images from the camera and easily modify them. It should have a high amount of RAM that can handle pictures with millions of pixels easily and edit them quickly. A computer needs to be installed with profe...