One of the things I started doing a few months back was shooting in RAW format instead of JPEG. Most of the time, you must have a higher end point-and-shoot or DSLR type camera to have this function. if your camera has the ability to shoot in RAW, I encourage you to try it. It's a slower process, but it does make a big difference in many situations to make your images look better. RAW is basically a "digital negative." it captures all the data recored by the sensor and doesn't compress it down like JPEG does. The problem with JPEG is a lot of data is lost that you can't ever get back.
With RAW you can easily adjust the exposure, highlights, shadows, white balance, and much more. Have you ever had the camera guess the wrong white balance and ended up with a green background or some other random color? Not a problem to fix if you shot in RAW. Have you ever dramatically under exposed an image? This is much easier to fix if you shoot in RAW. Overall, you can get much better details and quality if you shoot in RAW.
There are a few downsides to shooting in RAW instead of JPEG. The files sizes are much larger. It is also more time consuming because each image has to be "processed." You also have to have software such as Adobe Lightroom to do this (many cameras come with free software for this). However, if you enjoy photography like i do, you won't mind the extra time spent making your images look that much netter.
i don't shoot RAW all the time, but when I know there might a problem with lighting, or I want my images to look their best, I always shoot in RAW format.
Watch the video below to see how the power of RAW can help make pictures look fantastic.
With RAW you can easily adjust the exposure, highlights, shadows, white balance, and much more. Have you ever had the camera guess the wrong white balance and ended up with a green background or some other random color? Not a problem to fix if you shot in RAW. Have you ever dramatically under exposed an image? This is much easier to fix if you shoot in RAW. Overall, you can get much better details and quality if you shoot in RAW.
There are a few downsides to shooting in RAW instead of JPEG. The files sizes are much larger. It is also more time consuming because each image has to be "processed." You also have to have software such as Adobe Lightroom to do this (many cameras come with free software for this). However, if you enjoy photography like i do, you won't mind the extra time spent making your images look that much netter.
i don't shoot RAW all the time, but when I know there might a problem with lighting, or I want my images to look their best, I always shoot in RAW format.
Watch the video below to see how the power of RAW can help make pictures look fantastic.
