Jaackil wrote:
I am interested from the sports shooters. Do you shoot RAW or JPG? I am posting this here instead of the general section because I am interested in JPG vs RAW for sports only. I have been shooting raw and like the flexibility and control you have with it. I also like working in LR and PS to create images. However after watching a recent class on Kelby One by Rob Foldy who is a proffesional and only shoots jpg for sports I am wondering if RAW is really worth the time and effort. For a typical lacrosse game I will shoot 400-500 shots. From that I cull through them and end up with about 150-200 worth processing from that I end up with 60-100 keepers. On average the total time runs about 5 minutes per keeper start to finish. Meaning the total time to go from 400-500 shots to 60-100 keepers is about 5-8 hours per game. So here is my question what do most of you shoot? RAW or JPG? Or a combination? If you are shooting RAW how long are you spending start to finish in your work flow? If you are shooting JPG why? Not a sarcastic why, but a true, please explain what you see as the advantage is. Thank you.
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J, I shoot combinations, depending on what I shoot and why. If it's only for myself and portfolio, I shoot only large Raw to both my cards, which seems to be the situation that you are in. I also usually shoot 4-500 or less, as well .
In your situation, here is how I would shoot/process.
I would shoot full raw. I rarely shoot full speed(10fps), but sometimes slow speed.
Then I download to DPP(Canon).
Using small thumbnails, I trash all that is obviously bad.
In DPP, I get into "edit" and in "crop" mode I start going through them quickly. If it has potential, I do a quick crop, which is usually my final crop. At this point I have not selected a designation to anything because it takes to long.
After I've been through all of them, like you, I usually have about 100-150.
Now using a small thumbnail I highlight each cropped image and give them all the same designation, doesn't matter which, just to separate them.
Those go into a "first pick" file.
Then I quickly create 3 or 4 more folders labeled "over, wayover, under, wayunder etc according to need. Those are exposure levels.
Using thumbnails that are easier to see I highlight everything that's slightly overexposed and put into the "over" file.
Anything slightly underexposed goes into the under file. Etc
If it's already good it stays in the first pick file.
Then I pick an average image in each folder and PP in about one minute to use as a recipe and batch process the entire folder.
I do that with each folder.
There are usually a dozen or so that I might touch up separately because the batch was not close enough. That's usually only more or less brightness.
Then I separate into portrait/landscape and convert to Jpeg.
That process take 2+ hours, never more than 3. Not counting the Jpeg conversion time.
Of those 500, I might take 2 or 3, if even that into Lightroom and process for MY portfolio.
I ONLY use LR for portraits or portfolio/contest entries but they are onesies/twosies since LR is so slow.
I do it differently if I'm shooting professionally according to what I'm supposed to achieve. I do most weddings and events the same way. I LR only shots to be printed or album title pages.
But sports is journalism, so it stays fairly real!!!
Maybe my workflow might help yours in some way! Good luck
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