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Subject: Re:Technical question to producers

Date: Mon 17/03/14 01:45:51 GMT

Name: EdR

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"Shooting RAW gives you the chance to "rescue" shots that - at first glance - seem to be over- or underexposed."

RAW has many benefits. RAW allows photographers to make many changes to an image such as exposure, white balance, color corrections, etc after the image has been taken. For new photographers, they can correct errors or save images that otherwise would had been unusable had they been shot in the JPEG format. There is another reason why RAW should be considered, and this is where I give all of you reading this a huge photographer's secret. When you shoot a photo with any digital camera in the JPEG format, you are allowing the camera's processor to process the image from it's original full size or full spectrum image into a JPEG which is a processed, compressed image. Even top of the line DSLR cameras do not have the processor power like the one in your average computer. Your computer's processor is much better at processing JPEGs than the one in the camera. You can see this for yourself by loading a JPEG processed out of your camera and comparing an image shot in RAW, then processed into a JPEG in your computer. The computer processed JPEG will have a higher quality appearance.

The downside of shooting RAWs are the size of their files. RAWs can be more difficult to open in a program if you do not have a program compatible or supported with the camera that took the shot. RAWs are usually proprietary, they are not a universal format. You cannot use a Canon to view an image taken with a Nikon. Sometimes you cannot view an image in different models of cameras, even within the same manufacturer. RAWs are difficult to transfer over the internet, etc.

EdR

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Re:Technical question to producers

By Chris - WAM Photography - chris@wetandmessyphotography.com Sun 16/03/14 19:25:21 GMT

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Hi George,

interesting question. I for my part do quite some post-processing. But also some "pre-processing", meaning I try to set up my lighting as good as possible, before I start to shoot. I use remote flashes (1-2, depending if I shoot indoors or outdoors). But even if you get the lighting good for most of your shots, your model will occasionally move in front of the camera and as your flash usually will be mounted on a tripod it wouldn't keep the exact distance to the model, resulting in over- or underexposure. Even more so if you shoot outdoors, you'll have to take sunlight into account. That's why I shoot my series in RAW format, to be able to do some quick corrections to exposure and color balance and some basic cropping or lense correction. Shooting RAW gives you the chance to "rescue" shots that - at first glance - seem to be over- or underexposed.

After I made a selection of "good" shots from a scene I run those through some hand-crafted Photoshop actions to enhance contrast or color-balance. Usually I do not "over-edit" any shots that are sold on my page but there will be no shot unedited-out-of-the-camera.

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Technical question to producers

By GeorgeSK - Sun 16/03/14 13:49:44 GMT

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A question to producers: Do you do post processing to your pictures or upload as they come out of the camera?

I am just asking because I like to use wetlook pics from my favourite producer (Wetfoto) as a desktop background and I noticed lately that many of the pics, especially the ones taken in bright sunlight, seem to be a bit "washed out" and overexposed.

When I do my image processing magic, they look like a totally different picture without them looking unnatural - adjusting levels and curves to get more contrast and as a finishing touch, I have a new weapon in my arsenal - Topaz Adjust 5, which gives them the required punch - nicer colours and more detail.

This was not meant as a criticism, just a question. I realise that it would be time consuming, but the basic levels and curves could be automated by finding a generic "good value" and use a Photoshop action to batch convert the images.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

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