Thanks for looking Heart, got up at 5.30am to walk to the light house 3 times while on holiday, first morning was ordinary, this shot was from the second and the third we got washed out and scurried home like drowned rats before the sun rose! :)
Thanks Steven, I look forward to getting to the stage you're at :) By the way, if you only shoot in RAW does that mean you have to pp every photo you use?
Steven Gotz wrote:
I started with RAW plus JPEG but I eventually decided that I didn't need the JPEG for anything since I was finally using Lightroom, or Bridge, to view them.
If you have a large enough memory card, it doesn't hurt anything, but over time I think you will probably come to the same conclusion. But you have to get used to shooting RAW and it takes a little time and it takes a good program.
Please note that Lightroom does more than adjust your photos, it manages them. It is basically just a talented database. You can have photos in different collections at the same time. It comes in handy.
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Thanks Steven, I have a long way to go, will do lots more reading before I commit. Don't know much at this stage only just figured out how to set my camera to take RAW and jpeg at the same time! Having fun learning though and as I have just semi retired I have lots more time to play! :)
Steven Gotz wrote:
Just remember that the thing about RAW is that it doesn't show any of the sharpening or contrast that the camera would show you. So you will almost always find that you see them a little flatter than you remember them. Using a tool like Lightroom or Photoshop (which you can rent together for $10 per month, or you can still actually buy Lightroom by itself I think) you will find that you fiddle with the sliders about the same amount on most of your photos.
Just remember that the thing about RAW is that it doesn't show any of the sharpening or contrast that the camera would show you. So you will almost always find that you see them a little flatter than you remember them. Using a tool like Lightroom or Photoshop (which you can rent together for $10 per month, or you can still actually buy Lightroom by itself I think) you will find that you fiddle with the sliders about the same amount on most of your photos.