Comments on: To RAW or Not to RAW? http://photographyforrealestate.net/2006/10/24/to-raw-or-not-to-raw/ Helping Real Estate Photographers Be Successful Wed, 23 May 2012 21:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Norm Fisher http://photographyforrealestate.net/2006/10/24/to-raw-or-not-to-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Norm Fisher Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:37:57 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.info/?p=10#comment-43 Wow! Great blog. As a novice photographer RAW is my best friend particulary when shooting interiors. Hard as I try, I can't seem to manage bright windows very well. With a couple of RAW shots taken with a tripod, I can usually manage to put together and image which has a properly exposed room and a properly exposed window. Works for me. Wow! Great blog. As a novice photographer RAW is my best friend particulary when shooting interiors. Hard as I try, I can’t seem to manage bright windows very well. With a couple of RAW shots taken with a tripod, I can usually manage to put together and image which has a properly exposed room and a properly exposed window. Works for me.

]]> By: Mark Reibman http://photographyforrealestate.net/2006/10/24/to-raw-or-not-to-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Mark Reibman Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:57:36 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.info/?p=10#comment-40 Although I can appreciate the advantages of shooting RAW and I always do so when shooting landscape/nature as my hobby, I shoot jpeg/medium almost exclusively and have rarely had a shot that I wished I'd had in RAW. One of the primary reasons I don't shoot RAW is the additional time for the workflow. The potential or possible increase in the quality of RAW vs.jpeg would be lost on the majority of realtors. For the many realtors who used to shoot their own listings and now pay me to do it for them, good jpeg shots (with good lens, composition and processing) are a world of difference from what they were shooting. Now, if they want to pay me for magazine quality images...well, that's another story. : ) With some listings where the shoot is more demanding, I will shoot in jpeg+raw just to be on the safe side. But I have yet to need the backup. As Aperture and Lightroom mature, and my computer get upgraded, I may consider RAW in the future. But for now, jpeg rules. I will add that jpeg does not give you the latitude for exposure that a RAW image will. So always, always look at your histogram after every shot. And yes, first learn to understand it. If you have too many pixels to the left, you've got to make some adjustments and reshoot. Although I can appreciate the advantages of shooting RAW and I always do so when shooting landscape/nature as my hobby, I shoot jpeg/medium almost exclusively and have rarely had a shot that I wished I’d had in RAW. One of the primary reasons I don’t shoot RAW is the additional time for the workflow. The potential or possible increase in the quality of RAW vs.jpeg would be lost on the majority of realtors. For the many realtors who used to shoot their own listings and now pay me to do it for them, good jpeg shots (with good lens, composition and processing) are a world of difference from what they were shooting. Now, if they want to pay me for magazine quality images…well, that’s another story. : )

With some listings where the shoot is more demanding, I will shoot in jpeg+raw just to be on the safe side. But I have yet to need the backup. As Aperture and Lightroom mature, and my computer get upgraded, I may consider RAW in the future. But for now, jpeg rules.

I will add that jpeg does not give you the latitude for exposure that a RAW image will. So always, always look at your histogram after every shot. And yes, first learn to understand it. If you have too many pixels to the left, you’ve got to make some adjustments and reshoot.

]]> By: Marc Lacoste http://photographyforrealestate.net/2006/10/24/to-raw-or-not-to-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Marc Lacoste Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:45:21 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.info/?p=10#comment-42 I use photos in a team, so they have to be rapidly accessible on the network. 500 megs to be uploaded on a wifi network drive (this is the bottleneck, I have a fast built-in card reader), it will drive me insane :) I count those times in seconds, not even minutes. After that, everybody should open it freely, and RAW image viewing is far away for mainstream yet. It should come with vista. I use photos in a team, so they have to be rapidly accessible on the network. 500 megs to be uploaded on a wifi network drive (this is the bottleneck, I have a fast built-in card reader), it will drive me insane :) I count those times in seconds, not even minutes.

After that, everybody should open it freely, and RAW image viewing is far away for mainstream yet. It should come with vista.

]]> By: Geoff Wilson http://photographyforrealestate.net/2006/10/24/to-raw-or-not-to-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Geoff Wilson Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:28:29 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.info/?p=10#comment-41 For counterpoint, there is also this article <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/raw.htm" rel="nofollow">RAW vs JPG</a>. My perspective is that it is an individual choice. Most of what you can do with RAW, you can do with JPG. Thus it comes down to which workflow works best for you. As with any advice, the best approach is to actually try it out with your workflow. See if it makes a difference and then decide from there. For me, I'm happy shooting JPG as I have enough faith in my photoshop ability to correct anything in post processing if required. I've found by shooting RAW, I personally, take less care about the photo as I'm more inclined to believe I can simply adjust it. So for me, JPG forces me to pay more attention to the basics of photography. For counterpoint, there is also this article RAW vs JPG.

My perspective is that it is an individual choice. Most of what you can do with RAW, you can do with JPG. Thus it comes down to which workflow works best for you.

As with any advice, the best approach is to actually try it out with your workflow. See if it makes a difference and then decide from there.

For me, I’m happy shooting JPG as I have enough faith in my photoshop ability to correct anything in post processing if required. I’ve found by shooting RAW, I personally, take less care about the photo as I’m more inclined to believe I can simply adjust it. So for me, JPG forces me to pay more attention to the basics of photography.

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