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

[Turbo]

RAW vs JPEG....much like a penguin with a scrotum on a platter.

 

[manaheim]

oh shut up

I declare WINNER!

 

[swimswithtrout]

Photography is all about capturing an instant, an emotion, a personality or an idea. I know how to use photoshop and if I wanted I could make my models look perfect and adjust all the colour and all that but I don't. I want to shoot JPEG and I want to produce natural images with natural landscapes, natural people in order to make all my pictures 100% natural. Can one be successful and produce beautiful images without post processing? Discuss...

No. Plain, blunt, and simple. Even if you were trying to capture a moment in time, JPEG would be the last format I would choose. You'd be better off shooting real film/scanning from a film cam than shooting JPEG. As far as PP, I don't know of anyone that was able to make living without major amounts of it.

 

[kevinjesmain]

JPEGs are not natural. It requires editing to look good. Just the camera does it for you. Sharpening profiles ect. Id personally rather be able to have more control in your image to make it exactly how you want. You can just do so much with a raw file without damaging it.

 

[Garbz]

Who's idea of natural? JPEGs shot with a Canon camera look different to JPEGs shot with a Nikon. Different colour, different tone.

I use post processing to correct these inconsistencies. If you think your JPEGs look like perfect real life, maybe you should spend some more time outside looking at nature rather than looking through a camera lens.

 

[ghache]

!? whats wrong with you

 

[Village Idiot]

I want to see his perfect work. I'll put money on it that it's anything but.

And the mentality of "If I don't see it happening, then it isn't happening", is quite scary.

Well, as long is an individual is happy with what their doing, regardless of the quality, then they can go about their blissfully ignorant existence doing what ever they want as long as it doesn't negatively affect me.

Photographers like that generally help me to look better though, so thanks.

 

[MichiganFarts]

I just don't want to pay "sit down" restaurant prices, just to get served a microwaved Lean Cuisine meal.

For me, my picture's gotta start like my food...

 

[Trever1t]

I think the OP has succumb to peer pressure

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...re-buy-cheap-legal-old-photoshop-version.html

 

[manaheim]

"peer pummeling"

 

[bigtwinky]

Ah, troll threads, aren't they great?


To answer your question, putting aside the philosophy of being successful, you can have a great career in shooting only in JPG and not doing any processing. I know a few people who do, have been working pros for 30+ years. One has travelled the world doing that.

What type of photos do they do? Sports journalism. A 30+ year sport journalist gave a speech during one of my classes years ago and I stayed in touch with him and we crossed paths a few times.

When he did the Bejing Olympics, he only shot in JPG and did no processing. He had to send images out on the wire as soon as humanly possible. Cropping, exposure and everything is all handled in camera.

Not that he doesnt want to process. He did a spread of Yoko Ono a while ago when she was in town, using strobes to light, had her climb into a window frame, and did some edits on the image.

But for sports journalism, you don't need to edit. However, you need to 100% master your craft to get consistent results as there is no margin for error. Nail every exposure, understand how all the lights will affect your shot,...

Ok, back to the

 

[Derrel]

I want to see his perfect work. I'll put money on it that it's anything but.

And the mentality of "If I don't see it happening, then it isn't happening", is quite scary.

Well, as long is an individual is happy with what their doing, regardless of the quality, then they can go about their blissfully ignorant existence doing what ever they want as long as it doesn't negatively affect me.

Photographers like that generally help me to look better though, so thanks.

What 'their' doing and 'blissfully ignorant' go together like hand and glove...

 

[MichiganFarts]

*they're

 

[Student]

I think the OP has succumb to peer pressure

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...re-buy-cheap-legal-old-photoshop-version.html

I did not, I do some graphic design as well and needed an upgrade from GIMP...

 

[bigtwinky]

So whats the point of this thread?