The Fierstine Family

Another snow filled session!

I had a great time with this fun family. It was filled with running and laughing and making silly faces. 

My favorite part though was that we went back to the location that we took Jayson and Katie's wedding photographs. 

I think the Motor Mill by Elkader IA is even more pretty in the winter than it was in the summer. 

Enjoy this preview and if you want to see the whole gallery, click the galleries tab at the top of the page.

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Why I shoot in RAW

First of all what is RAW?

Simply it is the unprocessed, uncompressed information for each photo. It takes up a lot more space to store all that data, but gives you a higher quality image in return.

What does that mean?

More time in post processing and editing for the photographer. Instead of just running the images through Photoshop, I have to put each image through additional software and process each file. 

Why shot in RAW if it means more time to edit later?

Good question. The last two years that I have been shooting in RAW I have seen my photos improve. I can confidently shoot in manual mode, letting me tweak the settings just how I want them, instead of letting the camera do most of the thinking. This helps me learn what I like best and more importantly - what I don't like.

The great thing about RAW is if I do make a mistake, I can adjust it later without compromising the quality of the images. 

Since every post is better with an image here is an example:

The left is the RAW file, right is the tweaks I made before processing the RAW file into a JPEG.

The bottom image is the final edit after running the JPEG thru Photoshop.

F2.8    1/4000    ISO 400    50mm

That is as technical as I get. I hope I didn't bore you with details!

Have a great day!