Atlanta, Georgia POTN'ers

jBear2000 wrote in post #5012000
I shot the whole night in RAW and used 6400ISO knowing it would be grainy.
check out the last two or three pages here:
http://jonberryphoto.s​mugmug.com/gallery/439​6828_pUPS3#P-11-20

I absolutely love the black and white candid shots.
I love the DOF you used on a lot of these.

Was this a photo shoot for you, or were you there to enjoy the night and took advantage of an opportunity to photograph the night?

Why did you choose RAW and how did you know you would shoot at a 6400 ISO for this night? Are black tie afairs good candidates for this?

God, can't you tell, I want to just pluck your brain!

Anyone getting together this weekend?
If so where are you all heading?

jbear and I are out of town at a conference. But you guys should get out and shoot something this weekend

I am always shooting RAW+Medium jpg. For the simple reason CF card space is plentiful and HD space is nearly free. RAW gives you more latitude to "save" an image if you have to- and creatively "modify" an image if you want to.

Remember that jpgs from your camera are "completed" images generated by the assumptions made by your cameras design engineers about what the "public" likes in a photo. "Picture Styles" in your 40d allow you to quickly change those assumptions and changes how your photo will look as a jpg.

In short taking pictures in RAW allows you to make different choices in sharpening / white balance/ saturation/ etc. then the camera defaults.

I'm writing this while taking notes during a seminar, so I hope it all made sense

Lowbyte wrote in post #5014649
jbear and I are out of town at a conference. But you guys should get out and shoot something this weekend

I am always shooting RAW+Medium jpg. For the simple reason CF card space is plentiful and HD space is nearly free. RAW gives you more latitude to "save" an image if you have to- and creatively "modify" an image if you want to.

Remember that jpgs from your camera are "completed" images generated by the assumptions made by your cameras design engineers about what the "public" likes in a photo. "Picture Styles" in your 40d allow you to quickly change those assumptions and changes how your photo will look as a jpg.

In short taking pictures in RAW allows you to make different choices in sharpening / white balance/ saturation/ etc. then the camera defaults.

I'm writing this while taking notes during a seminar, so I hope it all made sense

Made perfect sense, and I for one greatly appreciate this information. I was talking to a guy at wolf camera yesterday about this exact same topic. I had shot RAW once, but since I didnt fully understand its full capabilities, I went back to JPG format. But after what has been said here and speaking with the wolf camera guy, I can't image that I will ever shoot JPG again.

Thanks tons, now get back to work!

someone...
has...
the...
GAshutterbugs domain already

*cries*

e r y k wrote in post #5015468
someone...
has...
the...
GAshutterbugs domain already

*cries*

maybe we should all just go join that one...

makes perfect sense to me!

ok i just bought ATLshutterbugs.com

will spend some time setting up tonight

e r y k wrote in post #5016004
ok i just bought ATLshutterbugs.com

will spend some time setting up tonight

What happened to the Donation?

well the way the forum I am using works, its easier if i have a domain that i have control with. we can still have atlphoto forward to it if the owner of the domain wishes.

buut!

ATLshutterbugs.com should load to a coming soon page now

I am excited about the new forum.

Will be sure to post more there than I do here. This forum is pretty big.

I really don't care where to point and where I go - ATLShutterbugs is OK - just curious whats wrong with the one up already...?

I see "coming soon"!

What is the ETA?

i have the basic forum layout done, just want to get a better looking color for the eyes.

maybe a week from now? maybe earlier

micxba - nothings wrong with yours, i dont want to come across differently, but i just wanted to see if i could set something up on my server :P

count me in on the forum. would be nice to have something local

Ill be in.