Amateur Photographer

Why bother with raw?

Raw files may contain the maximum amount of data that you can get from your camera’s sensor, but you have to process them and save them in a universal format like JPEG before you can share them. As well as taking extra time, processing raw files on a computer can encourage us to make some of the most important decisions about our images at the wrong stage. Despite the amazing technological strides that have been made with digital cameras and the advancement in image-editing software, the old adage about ‘getting it right in-camera’ is still valid and thinking about the final look of your image at the shooting stage can actually help you to become a

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