From taking pictures of just about anything, I've found taking pictures of people is the most challenging subject for me. Great shot though, its the natural tones that kill me.
4/18/10 - My first portrait
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thanks Chonh. i especially love checking out wedding photography. you ever go on fredmiranda.com? some amazing work over there. it's incredible what those people do with portrait work.chonhzilla;4082607;4082607 said:
black/white is awesome. never was able to get those black/white tones that "pop" until i started shooting RAW. they always looked flat and boring
That is a great photo but can you please explain what RAW is. You did not just shoot this digital photo and converted it to black and white with an edit program?
think of RAW as the digital version of film's negative, i think lol. when you shoot jpeg in a camera, the camera processes and compresses the photo, applying necessary color settings. when you shoot in raw, you literally have the "raw" image data as it was collected by the sensor. you then use software like photoshop CS, Lightroom, etc to apply the color profile that corresponds to what you had set in your camera to process it correctly.bomber;4082636;4082636 said:
in short, you have much more control over editing the image w/o losing quality like you would a jpeg. but because it's unprocessed, you simply cant plug in your memory card and view your pics. the computer wont recognize the file.
here's a little diagram:
jcardona1;4082646; said:think of RAW as the digital version of film's negative, i think lol. when you shoot jpeg in a camera, the camera processes and compresses the photo, applying necessary color settings. when you shoot in raw, you literally have the "raw" image data as it was collected by the sensor. you then use software like photoshop CS, Lightroom, etc to apply the color profile that corresponds to what you had set in your camera to process it correctly.
in short, you have much more control over editing the image w/o losing quality like you would a jpeg. but because it's unprocessed, you simply cant plug in your memory card and view your pics. the computer wont recognize the file.
here's a little diagram:
Wow, you did your homework.
jcardona1;4082806; said:
Yes, except for one point. RAW images are viewable without needing to be processed. At least on a mac, they are.
hmm i didnt know that! anything special you need to do? i always have to use Bridge then Photoshop or Lightroom to view them, which is painfully slowChaitika;4082829;4082829 said:Yes, except for one point. RAW images are viewable without needing to be processed. At least on a mac, they are.
jcardona1;4082840; said:
Not sure, Jose, I think it's a plug-in in CS3 that allows me to simply view RAW images in preview mode. I don't need to run CS3 to see them though.
