Life Through a Lens 7Welcome to the seventh edition of Life Through a Lens - a regular photography feature showcasing some of the recently submitted deviations within the Photography gallery.Features:thumb278500566:Previous FeaturesWeek One; Week Two; Week Three; Week Four;
Photography Discovered 3Welcome to the third edition of Photography Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.~Rinksy~celilsezer!vtangophotography:bigthumb263900282::thumb266123261::thumb265545683:*mj-magic~diensilverPlease show the artists some love and the article if you liked it!Previous EditionsWeek One; Week TwoCheck ou
Back to Basics Photography - Understanding RawdSLR cameras and most bridge cameras have the option to shoot in raw, but what exactly is it and what are the benefits? Let me attempt to explain.A camera raw file contains all the data that is captured when the shutter button is pressed whereas a JPEG is compressed and a lot of the data is lost. They are often called digital negatives as they serve the same purpose as the negatives in film photography; they are not ready to be used as the final image, but hold all the information and data needed to produce one. This all means that you are left with a higher image quality which also allows you to have more control and manipulate more parameters than a JPEG. All of the metadata is also still in tact, meaning that the original state can always be referred back to if needed.So, surely you want to see the difference, right? Well you're in luck. Top - straight out of camera (SOOC) raw. Bottom - basic adjustments done in LightRoom raw.This can ei