For my entire photographic life (mostly) I’ve shot RAW files. Certainly when shooting for someone else I’ve always done it – I get more data, more colour, more of pretty much everything, which allowed a degree of laxity when it comes to the edit….
Lately (having just got a new camera a couple of months ago) I decided to try just shooting the JPG files. “It doesn’t matter if the files don’t turn out well”, I thought – let’s just play with the film simulation presets built in.
Turns out, it was a heap more fun than I ever thought it would be.
“Yes yes, I know I can alter the simulations in post, if I shoot RAW”… but that’s not the point. The point is, that it’s ‘FUN’, and I think sometimes we get bogged down so much in the intricacies of photography, that we forget it’s a hobby that we are supposed to be actually having a good time with.
Let’s try not to let the ‘rules’ get in the way…. Sometimes we have to follow them, we have to do what the competition organisers dictate – most times though we don’t…. and that’s when the real fun starts…..
At least that’s what I think….. Frankly, you can’t tell that the picture below is a JPG can you? No…… I thought not….
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Very interested in this post, great minds must think alike. I’m only taking photos for my blog just now so I’ve been thinking I may as well make life easier by using jpg with minimal editing.
If it works for you then I’ll give it a try, take care Diane.
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Honestly why not? It isn’t always easier, but of course a lot will depend on what exactly you are shooting. So far, mostly it’s working for me, and I turn it back to RAW when I know I might have some difficulty with post processing…. I’m enjoying it though, and using all the built in camera formats, which honestly will be for the very first time.
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Hi Diane, well I tried taking in jpg today, in not too helpful lighting conditions to be honest. Just to take the exercise one stage further I took the pics on my Lumix TZ100 compact camera. I then edited them in PS Elements 2012 plus Nik Filters and was pleasantly surprised.
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I agree. sometimes RAW is the only way to go. I’ve been pleased with some of the JPG files I’ve been getting out of the Fuji though.
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