I enjoyed shooting in RAW and tweeking in PS but as I'm not getting paid and never will due to the simple fact, I don't have the type of camera and lens that business people tend to want to you use as they want to know they are getting their monies worth as well.
Understandable why they want all the info and RAW profiles as a lot of photographers do charge a helluva lot of money, and some have forged pics in the past so they have to be careful now.
Even sending pics into a magazine just for a comp that only may give you a day out at a spa or some digi camera, they even want the best of the best before even looking at your picture. Then there's all the contact sheets, naming everything along with Latin names if the case may be and aload of other stuff.
Today I started out with RAW but then went back to JPG and shooting in smaller size. Just to save time loading them onto PC. But I also wanted to try and take pics without having to "tweek" them later on which saves a lot of time too.
I shoot for my time and money, no one else's, so no need to waste time on things when I don't need to.
If I was making a living out of it, then of course it would be a different ball game all together for me.
It's too late in life for me to start up courses and get a loan to buy the equipment I would need to get the pics that the likes of Mike takes. And I ain't going to crawl on my belly at my age to get certain shots. I wouldn't get back up again these days.
Once you are established and got your clients, That's fine.
I know a pro who does shoot RAW but he will shoot a lot of his pictures of wildlife in the "P" programme and is doing nicely in his retirement now.
Personally, I will just plod along with what I have and just enjoy the hobby and enjoy the pics that Mike and Clydebirder post along with others that are just awesome!
I'll always want to take the perfect picture mind you.
