raw versus jpeg (Page 2): Absolutely. Even if he is not a good friend, it would be a nice thing to do; and a reflection of your photography skills. No brainer.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

bdk wrote:

if it was me and he was a good friend , id shoot RAW then edit them for him,

Absolutely.
Even if he is not a good friend, it would be a nice thing to do; and a reflection of your photography skills.
No brainer.

cthahn

You say nothing about getting paid. You friend want something for nothing. Shoot in RAW.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

call and ask if he plans to get a raw editor. if he doesn't then shoot in jpeg fine or extra fine as your camera allows.

fourg1b2006 Loc: Long Island New York

Shoot in JPEG, you don't need RAW for an event like this. I was shooting my friends family and i did the whole shoot in JPEG. They loved the results. They wouldn't know RAW from JPEG in a million years.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

bob fleer wrote:

have been asked by a friend to shoot a family get together. My friend is supplying a SD card to turn back over to him. I know he does not have a computer program to deal with canon raw or any other photo processing program other then what comes in his computer. Should I shoot in JPEG so he can view photos?

shoot JPEG at the highest quality

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Shoot RAW plus JPEG and keep a copy before you give him the JPEGs.
Some editing by you would be a nice thing to do also...perhaps have him pick out some shots to edit if you don't want to be stuck doing a ton of edits...

Best,
Todd Ferguson

mudduck

You can do that, but most non computer or camera people just want a nice snap shot to take to walgrens for 4x6's, unless hes paying you expects pro quality work for his money, shoot Large , fine JPEG.

bob fleer Loc: Annapolis, MD

thank you for your input

bob fleer Loc: Annapolis, MD

thank you all for your input

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

jerryc41 wrote:

If he gets a bunch of raw images, he'll never ask you to shoot anything again, so decide what you want.

Shooting under decent conditions, JPEG can look great. Make sure your camera is set to Large Fine JPEG. You could offer to do some processing and put the final images back onto the card.

AND - a lot depends on your camera. The Canon image processing software is very good - and under almost any conditions the jpg's coming out of my 6D are superb and rarely need anything but perhaps some cropping.

But as others have said - shoot in jpg - but if he doesn't have any photo editing software, you should run through the images you give him first and see if they need some basic assists with cropping, straightening, etc.

bob fleer Loc: Annapolis, MD

Well today is the day. I have decided to shoot RAW & JPEG. I will do a few prints from the raw and post process as needed. Also will give the sd card to my friend and he will be doing some printing a the local store.
Thank you for all of your help.

anotherview Loc: California

Some cameras record an image in both the RAW and JPEG file formats. You could do so. Then you could extract the RAW files (the original negative, so to speak) for your keeping while leaving the JPEG files for the client.

In my understanding, the client is not entitled to the RAW files. Consider that if you gave the client all your image files, then you would have nothing to show for your work.

I know some people who do not care a fig about further development of image files by the photographer. They just want the unaltered JPEG image files for their own use. So-called apps now allow snapshooters to modify JPEG image files in all sorts of imaginative ways entertaining to the individual and to his or her friends. Your client may fall into this class.

In fact, I have a lady friend who has asked me for the JPEG image files when I do a shoot of her with her baby. She doesn't care for my development of the images. She wants to do her own tweaking of the images.

bob fleer wrote:

have been asked by a friend to shoot a family get together. My friend is supplying a SD card to turn back over to him. I know he does not have a computer program to deal with canon raw or any other photo processing program other then what comes in his computer. Should I shoot in JPEG so he can view photos?

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

bob fleer wrote:

have been asked by a friend to shoot a family get together. My friend is supplying a SD card to turn back over to him. I know he does not have a computer program to deal with canon raw or any other photo processing program other then what comes in his computer. Should I shoot in JPEG so he can view photos?

Did this for a friend when his daughter had a destination wedding in Saint Augustine. My wife and I went for the weekend. I took background pictures of the wedding then the city. Gave the pictures to my friend. They were so happy due to capturing pictures the paid photographer did not capture. St. Augustine is a beautiful city and very photographic. Have him the SD card shot JPEG.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

I look at shooting RAW and JPEG in this type of situation as insurance of a sort. The RAW is for insurance in case there is a major issue with a photo that may be very desired but the JPEG just didn't come out well. Storage is cheap. The JPEGs can all be delivered and used by the end user as they are or with some simple edits. Today I wish I had RAW files for shots I took 15 years ago as JPEGs. You may decide you would like to go back and edit RAW files years from now if only you had the files. Skills improve and interests change over time. But if you don't have the RAW files you are limited in what you can do with the images.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

grinerphoto

markngolf wrote:

I would too!!
Mark

As would I. You needn’t spend a lot of time. Give him the straight JPEGs that look good. Process some of the RAW images to cover the JPEGs that don’t hit the mark. Convert a few RAW images to B&W etc.

Your effort may not be recognized or understood but it’s what we do as artists.