Jpeg Vs Raw | Is the argument really relevant?

This is not just another Jpeg vs Raw comparison coming out of the Photography community. Here we take a slightly deeper look at why the comparison is potentially irrelevant and discuss what really matters to help us improve our photography.

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[ThePandaPhotographer]

Can I hug you Adam? This is just a perfect explanation. BRAVO

[jamesThadley]

Something i've done this year is, I print my favourite image every month and add it to a leather binder. It's a nice way to see the progression in my photography over time and something i plan on doing next year too.

[ChrisSalePhoto]

Very thought provoking film Adam. I don't print enough of my work and this has really got me thinking. I had a quick scan of the comments here and it is heart warming to see that they are largely positive.

[tomwhite]

Got my first SLR in 1974, a Canon FTb 35mm and am still learning. My years as a newspaper photographer taught me that knowing your equipment is essential in the fast paced world of photojournalism. Trying to combine the artistic and technical aspect together took me a long time to get right. When I got out of the newspaper game I dabbled in the Wedding/Portrait biz. Boy, talk about pressure! I will take a cranky photo editor over a po'd Mother in law any day! While I feel pretty confident on the purely camera end of things ( an f-sop is an f-stop in film or digital }, I still struggle with the post processing end of things. It has been the biggest learning curve in my photographic journey. This is why I appreciate your down to earth approach to photography both technically and artistically. f8 and be there !

[peterbiggin]

I think the sweet spot is finding that place where you are happy with how you shoot, what you shoot and when you shoot. When you are doing it for yourself and don't care what anyone else says. After you have the technical shit fixed in your head then everyone else's opinion on how, when or where to take images just becomes noise as long as what you do makes you happy and creates the photos you love

[Meagain]

Well said Adam. Your words refocus the.meaning of photography, and encapsulates Ansel Adam’s comment that the most important part of a camera is the twelve inches behind it (or words to that effect ). I started my continuing passion for photography with my first camera, made by myself - a pin hole camera. Now 71 years later the magic is still there, being “the twelve inches behind the camera”, cameras that are incredible tools, that produce magnificent work in the right hands, but so did my pinhole and then my “Box Brownie’.

[diegom]

Careful, Adam, titles like these are bound to trigger people who can't be arsed to actually watch the video and listen to your point.. Loving your channel, man, your passion is contagious. Keep it up!

[aquariuslady]

I agree - do what you love and makes you happy. After 5 years with photography I am stepping up my game with the Tamron 24-70 f/2.8.- the glass is amazing

[andrewchisholm]

Great video again.

I was out with friends on Friday and one of their partners siad after seeing my photos that I was not a real photographer as I use Lightroom to edit my photos and then went on to say Ansel Adams did not edit his photos. I nearly spat my drink out and then tried expaining to him he was so wrong and that Ansel used to spend all day in the darkroom dodging and burning just one photo.
I still did not convince him that editing is a part of the creative part of photography

[nevvanclarke]

If you like the image ...that’s all that matters ...wether is jpeg or raw enjoy

And we need to stop the pissing contest

[Snowcatnz]

Excellent video Adam. It's not the gear that makes the image, it's the person behind the camera that makes the image regardless!!!

[JohnDrummondPhoto]

Your citation of Ansel Adams seeing the potential of digital photography is spot on. As a golfer, I love the story of Ben Hogan, the greatest ball striker and swing theorist of his day, being asked his opinion of video in swing analysis. Then in his 80s, Hogan said that if he'd had video available in his day, "... I'd have really killed 'em." The wise embrace technology, not fight it.

[rabara]

I like how your videos turned towards the art rather than technical aspect of photography ;-)

[bekindalwaysxg]

Interesting video's Adam...just viewed your gallery on the IG platform ...looking forward to seeing more new work!
I agree re the algorithm and falseness of it sometimes, but it has presented me with projects and work! All personal perception !

[davidpinder]

How you hold the late, great Ansell Adams in such high esteem Adam is great. I come from a grounding in film photography. In those days, the only way to view what you had captured was to spend hours in the darkroom. Even tho I've gone digital, that feeling of seeing a physical version of my work is always magical. I still love to run a film thru my Canon T90 simply because it gives me something that digital never will.

[isaacbuay]

I will never regret subscribing to this Channel. Thanks Adam, you are doing a great job.

[Ruscombephotos]

Adam, A great video and some very good points, especially your last point about printing a photograph and elevating it above the countless others posted to social media every day, as it turns your image into a piece of art. It's interesting that Ansel Adams made a musical analogy with negatives and a composer's score. He was an accomplished pianist and music teacher before becoming a full-time landscape photographer, so he really understood and believed that analogy deeply.

BBC Radio 3 broadcast an interesting programme a couple of years ago about his friendship with the Russian concert pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. "Vladimir Ashkenazy on Ansel Adams: The Print and the Performance". The programme even included a recording of Adams playing the piano. Ashkenazy told the story of how they met. Adams invited Ashkenazy to his home to play for him in the 1970s. Ashkenazy had been playing a concert in San Francisco. He had long been an admirer of Adams's photography and turned down the fee that Adams offered him to come to his home. He felt honoured to receive the invitation. Instead, Adams gave him an original print of one of his works. When the BBC broadcast the programme, there was a picture on the website of Ashkenazy standing in front of that framed print. I don't know if it's still available on the BBC iPlayer, but it is worth listening to. Maybe it will get repeated.

[gedheaton]

Love the passion that you not only feel but also transmit across to us, First class Adam, defo going to go with RR soon.

[kreygscott]

CONGRATS!!! On being the Runner Up at the British Photography Awards 2019 macro Photography. Nice video btw.

[oldgrumpyjim]

Very relevant vlog for photographers who actually do it and not just talk gear and tech. Smashing stuff.