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Nikon, RAW file format v. JPG:
I shoot with a Nikon D2H. Soon I will purchase the D2Xs, strictly for the megapixel jump from 4.3 to about 12... Big difference. The D2H has its advantages so I plan to keep it as a backup and also for the times I want to shoot fast subjects in bright light - these are the only two real reasons I can come up with to keep it, otherwise into Ebay I would roam. I admit, I was sucked into the RAW file format for/from Nikon. Admittingly, it is a great mode to shoot in for commercial projects that move quickly - the editing is sometimes your only savior. Portraits, architectural, still lifes, you get the idea can and should all be shot in either .TIF or .jpg depending on the desired output. Read this white paper which convinced me : JPG vs Raw: Get it Right the First Time if you have any doubt!

How to take better photographs:
I am a firm believer in "Get it right in the camera." Truely this skill seperates the amateurs from the professionals.

[ Check out this 'self-portrait' I achieved in camera while standing in from of the Detroit skyline from the Canadian side (maybe you've seen it): Robin Ann Peters in Canada with Detroit skyline in background. (I will post how I achieved this photograph in another blog entry.) ]

Recently, I read a great quote saying (I'll paraphrase here), "If it's not worth painting a picture of what you are photographing, don't shoot it." The two of these quotes, and you can quote me on them, have inspired a new level to my photography: and I have actually put my camera down for quite a while while I have been meditating over them. I miss shooting but nonetheless am refinding and refining a new ground in which to tread. I am looking forward to where it all bring me, or should I say where I bring myself.

Labels: JPG, Nikon, photo-techniques, photography, quotes, RAW, self-portrait, TIF