night club photos (NWS)

^----I second that.

I started shooting in RAW about 6 months ago, and I've never looked back. The ONLY time I ever switch to JPG is if my memory cards are almost full and I still have more shooting to do.

so you guys just shoot in raw, convert to jpg once edited and post to your clients or web?

Do you still keep the raw files after you have processed them?

does anyone in this thread using canon 70-200 f2.8 NON IS for night club photos? i think this thread is better place for asking about IS and NON IS issue in low light photography,,,and in this thread I've seen alot of good photo,,,,just share your opinion about using thats lens for night club photograpy,,,,and sorry for my english thanks

back in town shooting the same old clubs... but i love it... had a great time this weekend.

tiger280e wrote in post #9416337
does anyone in this thread using canon 70-200 f2.8 NON IS for night club photos? i think this thread is better place for asking about IS and NON IS issue in low light photography,,,and in this thread I've seen alot of good photo,,,,just share your opinion about using thats lens for night club photograpy,,,,and sorry for my english thanks

i imagine a lens of that focal point will not be good for night club photography. You need the wide angle lens to take pictures of people right infront of you. A night club can get crouded so i doubt you will have the opportunity to step back and take a picture at 70mm.

Great as usual Christopher!

pod_canon wrote in post #9413896
If speed is of the essence, RAW + JPG is nice.

choNy, if you have the kit in your sig, why hobble it with JPG only?

Because all the nightlife I shoot is only being printed in a magazine (which aren't that big of print), or not at all, and none of it is being post processed.

carr0t wrote in post #9416175
so you guys just shoot in raw, convert to jpg once edited and post to your clients or web?

Do you still keep the raw files after you have processed them?

I keep all RAW files plus all .xmp files permanently. I also tend to keep all the .jpg's and .tif's I create as I am often asked for copies of images I have provided earlier. Since I use Lightroom I could just keep the RAWs/.xmps and regenerate but that's a bit time consuming and I don't always have LR available where I have my offsite backups. You should think of the RAW files like negatives, to be safely tucked away (backed up a couple of times.) Yes, it takes a lot of space but space is pretty cheap these days.

OK, maybe so, but why leave the benefits of RAW un-utilized? I don't do much post other than sharpening, but with storage and speed being what they are now, JPG only just seems very limiting. Plus, RAW allows you to re-visit the files in the future with a better RAW processor, or different ideas on output.

Dwight -

Agree 100 percent. I keep any outputted files, since sometimes, the client is stupid and loses the files I send. I save my edits in Lightroom, and even though my Mac shreds, it's still easier to resend an existing file, than to re-export.

carr0t wrote in post #9416175
so you guys just shoot in raw, convert to jpg once edited and post to your clients or web?

Do you still keep the raw files after you have processed them?

Yes and hell yes.

pod_canon wrote in post #9413896
If speed is of the essence, RAW + JPG is nice.

choNy, if you have the kit in your sig, why hobble it with JPG only?

not everyone needs RAW, i dont feel its hobbling anything to shoot with Jpg. Im supremely confident with jpg files. im not too worried about the file size but more so the time required as well as altering my workflow for these kinds of events. I dont plan on revisiting the nightlife shots. I dont edit them to begin with.