I shoot JPEG and I refuse to post process my images - Can I still be successful?

[SJGordon]

Hopefully, my dickyness will wear off soon, but until then I'll let ya get back to your multimillion dollar company

Well...it's not mine...but if it were, I'd be rich!

It is a good company though, and I love the work I do.

Check it out and then order a 40' x 60' print .

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Very nice. You at the GR or the TC location? I see they offer a tour through the either plant. I may have to take an hour drive one of these days and go through either place. Always looking for something different... and I have something in mind that would be right up that ally. Might have to check it out.

 

[CCericola]

I'm sure others who work with printers and designers have heard the same rants. GIMP is not a professional or supported program in the Graphic Design industry!!!. Photoshop is for editing photos, Illustrator is for vector graphics and InDesign (and still QuarkXpress) for page layout. Corel products are usually supported as well.

 

[12sndsgood]

I only shoot manual and IMO it is all about finding the right spot, the right person and the right position to shoot from, then it is also a lot about exposure.

But your rant is about output..... JPEG vs RAW, no editing, blah, blah, blah.

What you just described (in brevity) is input that is required of every photographer.

And that is all that should suffice. We are photographers, not graphic designers or image manipulators.

crap guys/girls were all photographers. i thought i was a project manager who happens to like taking photos. apparently we need to do it this way or were doing it wrong. crap didnt know art had so many rules to follow.

 

[manaheim]

oh my god someone put three bullets in the head of this thread...

 

[bigtwinky]

But.... then forum life would be boring and useful

 

[MichiganFarts]

Very nice. You at the GR or the TC location? I see they offer a tour through the either plant. I may have to take an hour drive one of these days and go through either place. Always looking for something different... and I have something in mind that would be right up that ally. Might have to check it out.

TC, I've never been to the GR location, but I don't think it's anywhere near as big as the TC headquarters. We've also got the newer, faster presses at our location too. This building was set up with tours in mind, while the GR location is just your average print shop, from what I what know of it.

crap guys/girls were all photographers. i thought i was a project manager who happens to like taking photos. apparently we need to do it this way or were doing it wrong. crap didnt know art had so many rules to follow.

But...there's gotta be rules....so we can show you how wrong you're doing it all!

 

[UUilliam]

1. as stated above. Jpeg is already processed and RAW is processed when open in an image viewer in order to create a jpeg representation of the data therefore "technically" all photographs are processed!

2. A camera does not see the world like us therefore what is "natural" to us, Is definitely not "natural" to the camera therefore will usually require editing to make it look "natural" to us!

3. We could debate about this, but for me, Photography isn't about capturing an instant light, it is using light creatively to create a piece of artwork, an image that can bring emotion to the viewer, if that means editing it, That is what I'll do! If the image is perfect straight away, that is fine too!

4. Your images (un-edited) will NEVER be quite as good as someone who "tweaks" (note the difference, tweak < Editing) their image.

5. for purists who say "oh no, I buy my camera to get the result in camera, I am staying true to photography, I am not editing"
The darkroom had means of editing, Adding magenta to the enlarger to create more contrast, burning / dodging the image etc...

 

[SEMPER]

UUilliam - is 100% right

JPEG - is an edited format. And plus this one is a compressed format. You eddit RAW, compress it - and you got JPEG. Compare the size of RAW and JPEG.
Go to Wikipedia and check out the post about JPEG.

You wanna get the most natural pictures - use a Pinhole. It does not have even lense (any lense brings more or less of a distortion). And besides you can make Pinhole by yourself. In fact - it's not a problem to make the B/W film and photo paper by yourself. These all WILL bring the nature and a bit of soul in your pictures!

 

[manaheim]

No one has mentioned this yet, so I will...

Even film photographers "edited" their images. There's a lot of work that can (and was often) be done in the dark room to make images just right.

In truth, even if you just drop your roll off at the local penny saver... the dude behind the counter makes choices on your images when he puts them to paper that could be construed as edits or tweaks.

 

[ann]

nope, it has been mentioned several times.

 

[Overread]

*has a feeling that Mana forgot to use the sarcastic font when he made his post*

 

[Scatterbrained]

I wonder what the OP thinks about landscape togs and their extensive use of filters to alter the scene.

 

[ann]

ah, i missed that point, in fact i thought "this is a strange comment from him"

too much cabin fever from the iced bound south.

 

[GraphiXimage]

I think he is on to something here!... Maybe I should stop using soap when I shower, might not be as effective but I bet its more natural

 

[MichiganFarts]

I think he is on to something here!... Maybe I should stop using soap when I shower, might not be as effective but I bet its more natural

Lots of Michiganders on this forum...

Hail from the pinky! And what's this soap you speak of?