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100 Photography Tips
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Tom_Bruno
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Hi, Jonathan. That's a terrific post! I really liked your list.
Obviously everyone will have their own style, developed for their own needs and artistic preferences. So whoever reads your list can pick and choose what suits them.
I found a number of items on your list helped me focus on aspects of my own style. And some of them seemed for me common sense, but common sense gets ignored or forgotten all too often. It's good to be reminded. And you put the tips into clear phrases, for example,
"Browsing other photographer's work is like salt on food - a pinch wakes up your taste buds, a pound gives you indigestion."
Very well put! Now, that's a good tip for me. I've noticed something like that myself, but reading it in this way makes such sense, and will help me approach other work in a good way.
Plenty of your other tips also rang bells for me.
I liked your photos too, they're terrific. Really good work!
Thanks for this excellent contribution to the forum!
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Tom B
Obviously everyone will have their own style, developed for their own needs and artistic preferences. So whoever reads your list can pick and choose what suits them.
I found a number of items on your list helped me focus on aspects of my own style. And some of them seemed for me common sense, but common sense gets ignored or forgotten all too often. It's good to be reminded. And you put the tips into clear phrases, for example,
"Browsing other photographer's work is like salt on food - a pinch wakes up your taste buds, a pound gives you indigestion."
Very well put! Now, that's a good tip for me. I've noticed something like that myself, but reading it in this way makes such sense, and will help me approach other work in a good way.
Plenty of your other tips also rang bells for me.
I liked your photos too, they're terrific. Really good work!
Thanks for this excellent contribution to the forum!
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Tom B
activator
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Totally agree........Raw is just a waste of time. Shoot it right with a JPEg first time.
if I posted 10 images ...5 raw...5 Jpeg
I wonder how many people could identify which was which.
If you shoot fuji X cameras........who needs RAW..............?
Actually I think that goes for most cameras.
if I posted 10 images ...5 raw...5 Jpeg
I wonder how many people could identify which was which.
If you shoot fuji X cameras........who needs RAW..............?
Actually I think that goes for most cameras.
activator
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I think that comment has been Photoshopped ! ..you peeper you !
Charles McRobert
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bobkoure
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I'd change this to
- If you are not conviced you will never post-process a shot, shoot in raw format.
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Or shoot it right in a raw format, and get an extra stop of dynamic range. Your choice.
Personally, I find JPEGs OOC to be both a waste of time and of DR. It's pretty easy to dump all raw shots onto a PC, cull them in FRV, then hit a button in DxO PL (used to be a PS batch operation) and get corresponding JPEGs, which I can replace with post-processed versions if I prefer - which I usually do.
The only reason I can see for OOC JPEGs is if I was working at a sports event, and someone needed those shots immediately after I had taken them. I don't do that. But I can have first-approximation versions within 20 minutes of sitting down at a PC, and that's plenty fast enough for me. It's certainly faster than film, even B&W contacts right out of my own darkroom.
If you need JPEGs right away, and don't care about that final stop of DR, and will never PP (not even for challenging lighting conditions), then don't bother with raw format.
I like the list. There will be disagreements, even with the best lists, as we are all different. I would like to comment on a few, however.
Professionals compare methods and results, if they are smart. No one knows everything.
This cannot be empathised enough. Photography is like golf: Do it enough and everyone will have a good shot. Excelling at either is having good shots consistently.
Instagram has better engagement, but yeah, social media.
Don't agree here. I read the manual and then remember the features I will use. The rest don't matter.
But that is a huge variable depending on what sort of work one does. For the more artistic, dressing well is a different uniform to a product photographer. And, unfortunately, a bit of a dichotomy. Artsy dress gets one hired, professional dress gets one paid. For art, representation is more important.
Absolutely. Fools say ignore others and be yourself. The better is to learn from other but be yourself.
Another thing that really depends on what genre one works in.
But there is a balance here. There are pros who serially use unpaid help with no intention on furthering the intern's career. Your advice is good, but with caution.
I would further that to always promote, but subtly and with tact.
With the caveat that there will be days from Hell.
A good tip is a good tip, regardless of the skill of the person saying it, and rubbish from the greatest of artists is still rubbish.
+1. Agree 100%
That is rubbish, agreeing with others who believe that rubbish doesn’t make it correct.
jpeg v raw is not about “getting it right” or “fixing”, it is about having more information available to use.
Sometimes Jpeg is sufficient, sometimes it is not. If it is always sufficient, you are not hallenging yourself.
That is not even wrong.
If ignorance is bliss, there should be a lot more happy people here.
Bare nonsense. Also known as rubbish. Nothing more, nothing less.
sybersitizen
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Always temper your use of the word always.
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Mackiesback
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While I understand the differences and applications for both formats, I find the highlighted statement, to be charitable here....highly subjective. I will leave it at that.
I'd think it would be understood that this is in reference to tonal variatio0n within an image. And yes, you could challenge yourself to make an interesting image within certain tonal parameters. But given the massive ignorance of the statement I was challenging, I didn't think a nuanced discussion would be taken on board.
erm...
sybersitizen
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So you saw what I did there.
that doesn't work for shooters who need to upload pics asap.
obvious.
sports photographers don't usually have that luxury, and it also depends on how good the glass is, what you are trying to achieve, etc.
total nonsense.
>SNIP<
that list needs work, a lot of it sounds like fossil-speak from the days of film.
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MyReality
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"jpeg v raw is not about “getting it right” or “fixing”, it is about having more information available to use"
Well. that is all fine and good as an academic exercise, but it's practical validity can only be tested in an objective visual test. Which @bobkoure was trying to hint at before his post was dismissed as not being logical.
He should have framed a double blind test for jpeg vs. raw: Have a panel choose one raw print from 10 prints, 9 of which are jpegs. But this would make a lot of RAW shooters insecure.
Well. that is all fine and good as an academic exercise, but it's practical validity can only be tested in an objective visual test. Which @bobkoure was trying to hint at before his post was dismissed as not being logical.
He should have framed a double blind test for jpeg vs. raw: Have a panel choose one raw print from 10 prints, 9 of which are jpegs. But this would make a lot of RAW shooters insecure.
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