  The study of stellar populations is a discipline that is highly dependent on
both imaging and spectroscopy. I discuss techniques in different regimes of
resolving power: broadband imaging (R~4), intermediate band imaging (R~16, 64),
narrowband spectral imaging (R~256, 1024, 4096). In recent years, we have seen
major advances in broadband all-sky surveys that are set to continue across
optical and IR bands, with the added benefit of the time domain, higher
sensitivity, and improved photometric accuracy. Tunable filters and integral
field spectrographs are poised to make further inroads into intermediate and
narrowband imaging studies of stellar populations. Further advances will come
from AO-assisted imaging and imaging spectroscopy, although photometric
accuracy will be challenging. Integral field spectroscopy will continue to have
a major impact on future stellar population studies, extending into the near
infrared once the OH suppression problem is finally resolved. A sky rendered
dark will allow a host of new ideas to be explored, and old ideas to be
revisited.
