earleygallery Posted August 19, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a question for any wedding/event photographers here who shoot digital. Given the number of images you would take at a typical wedding or event, do you shoot jpegs or RAW ? If RAW what is they typical workflow for processing, and how long do you spend post processing on an average job? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cstevens Posted August 19, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 19, 2009 I dont shoot weddings with a Leica (I am a Nikon boy). I shoot 100% RAW with anything now with Nikon, be it Weddings, Fashion, Portraits. They all then get loaded in to Lightroom. Average wedding would take around an 1.5 hours - 2 hours to get all final images sorted basic corrections and uploaded to proof website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted August 19, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 19, 2009 Always shoot RAW. With the Canon, I backup medium jPegs to the second card drive for insurance only. With the M8, just RAW. With film, processed to 16 mb Tiffs and scanned for higher quality if needed. This is now low volume for me. Use Lightroom to sort and prepare jpeg proofs and Photoshop and other software for final processing of selected RAW images. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted August 20, 2009 Thanks for the responses. I was under the impression that jpegs were used due to the volume and time constraints, I guess some people take that route though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiel Fokkema Posted August 20, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2009 100% RAW! memory is cheap now and LR made it so much quicker to proces. A wedding is so important that the saving in time when shooting jpg's is not worth it. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 20, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 20, 2009 100% RAW. You'd never get me back to JPEG (and with the M8--and the D3 for that matter--there's just a huge difference there). I use BreezeBrowser Pro to cull out shots, then C1 to edit in for the best. On a typical shoot, I start with around 1500 and end up with 400-600 images from 8 hours of shooting. C1 Pro does everything I need to get great output in a variety of sizes and color spaces for proofing and the lab simultaneously! For online print ordering, I have actions that take the output from C1 into acceptable print DR and resolution. For print or slide shows, I'm typically processing less than 100 shots and they all get put through Photoshop and hand-tuned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnrogers Posted August 20, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 20, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Always RAW I shoot Canon 1 DS MKIII for weddings events etc and always in Raw and also the M8 always in RAW... into Lightroom, basic edits resize into slide show for web viewing may be 3 hours/4 plus any tweaking or extra PS work needed could take a good while longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptarmigan Posted August 28, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 28, 2009 I'm not a full time pro but for weddings its always RAW and events I tend to shoot RAW & JPEG especially if I am doing something like a moto-x or MTB event where I may end up depending on the client with 2000+ images, all of which need to be quickly available on a website. The RAW is there as a back-up if I need it for the odd image. I also use a D2x for this kind of stuff, not the M8 - though I never ever shoot jpegs with M8 anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted August 28, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 28, 2009 James, I don't shoot weddings, but I shoot concerts and sport. RAW all the time. Just buy more memory and plenty of batteries. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted August 28, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 28, 2009 James, always RAW. I use the M8 and use C1 for post processing. It's not as hard as it sounds, because since the pix are all flash (or mostly) they are pretty well color balanced to begin with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks for the further responses. I really thought most would be shooting jpegs, but of course it makes absolute sense to use the best quality files possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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