So what is RAW? Basically, it's like a negative in the film world. To continue with the analogy, it means you have a LOT of power over your photos. Changing the exposure, highlights, lowlights, are done more easily, and more precisely.
Here are some examples of my work where shooting in RAW made my life easier:
Notice that this picture is really ... blue. Well, I messed up. I had the wrong white balance setting on my SLR. I didn't realize it until about 20 shots into it. It wasn't until I thought to check that I'd realized my mistake. If I were using a compact camera, I could have made some changes, but I would have lost some of the detail (at least in my opinion - I'm a pretty precise person). But here's what the finished product looked like:
You never would have known how badly I'd messed up!
Here is another picture that I couldn't shoot in RAW, because I just had my compact camera with me:
Unfortunately, I couldn't save this and preserve the details. While I could have tried to with Photoshop, it would have been too much work for my liking. I am not one to spend more than 5 minutes fine-tuning a picture - if that. I prefer two minutes per picture. Because I shoot 200 pictures at once, I'm just not willing to spend more time,
For me, I view shooting in RAW as a nice, easy insurance policy - and a way to make sure my pictures look the best that they can.
Tomorrow, I'll talk about what equipment and software I have, and how everything is used. Until then!
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