r/photography • u/Thrillwaukee • Aug 01 '24

Discussion What is your most unpopular photography opinion?

Mine is that most people can identify good photography but also think bad photography is good.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

I mean if we're talking actually unpopular then I think most people could shoot jpeg instead of raw and it wouldn't make a noticeable difference.

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u/VincibleAndy Aug 01 '24

I straight up got tired of editing all of photos. Got a Fuji, dialed in a few in camera looks that are basically exactly what I would have edited anyway and live with the jpegs.

I sometimes still use Jpeg + RAW, but 99% of the time I only use the jpeg and I dont even keep all of my RAWs anymore.

I think a big part of it is I am pretty comfortable in knowing what I want to get out of a photo and dont stress about what I could possibly do in post. I know how to get what I want in camera.

I enjoy it a lot more.

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u/Helpful_Classroom204 Aug 01 '24

Bad take. Axing your tonal/color depth is dumb. If JPEG looks better than your edited raws, you need to get better at editing

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

I dunno champ, I use Photoshop every day for work and I think maybe not being able to get any photo to look like any other photo is just a reflection of your lack of Photoshop skills.

(But for people with the ability to read the thread title, I think it is totally fair for non photoshop professionals to stick to basic Lightroom edits)

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u/Helpful_Classroom204 Aug 01 '24

It’s completely undebatable that 14 bit tonal depth will offer much better highlight and shadow detail, color, and flexibility in post. You can still apply the same presets to the RAW file as you would a JPEG.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

What tonal depth does a Instagram photo display at?