Is RAW Editing with B&W Images Necessary?
Mar 8, 2021 08:36:07 #
Mar 8, 2021 10:29:51 #
Skilled photographers who know what they want from a photograph can set the camera to capture their intention for a given photograph in the JPEG file format. The result requires no more processing. Studio conditions enable this approach.
In the field, a photographer can try for a satisfactory exposure that requires later processing in photo-editing software to bring out the potential of a given photograph. This approach suits me. I always shoot in the RAW file format.
Sometimes I will shoot in the mode for capturing RAW and JPEG file formats when doing an event. Then I give the JPEG files to the designated party for use.
As for the concern of the OP, I favor capturing photographs in the RAW file format because this format provides the maximum amount of information about the photograph for later processing, including black-and-white photographs.
In the field, a photographer can try for a satisfactory exposure that requires later processing in photo-editing software to bring out the potential of a given photograph. This approach suits me. I always shoot in the RAW file format.
Sometimes I will shoot in the mode for capturing RAW and JPEG file formats when doing an event. Then I give the JPEG files to the designated party for use.
As for the concern of the OP, I favor capturing photographs in the RAW file format because this format provides the maximum amount of information about the photograph for later processing, including black-and-white photographs.
Ysarex wrote:
I don't think you have to know the post process software to be a photographer. I know working pros that shoot only SOOC JPEGs. But if you make the choice to forgo the computer software you make a choice to limit what you can accomplish taking photos. For a lot of folks I think that's just fine. But I don't think either choice makes you more or less a photographer.
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