Post Processing: Why I love RAW

I take photos in the RAW file format. Which means I have almost complete control over the photograph once it's taken. Which is pretty awesome!

In an instance where there is a low light situation, you can often underexpose a photo and edit the RAW file to brighten the image. I have a couple examples here.



This is a picture that was taken last Friday at our home school group's Annual Winter Formal.

My friend who took the picture used a fast shutter speed and no flash. 

Extremely dark... yes. Hopeless... no. 
Adobe LightRoom to the rescue!! :D

 After I adjusted several things, the photo is quite grainy but at least now you can see the subject of the picture.

I personally like the B&W grainy look! :)

Here are the steps I use for fixing most low-light photos....

This is the original photo

I boosted the exposure all the way up, and now you can see the subject of the photo! 

Me dancing with Clay. :D 

The colors are pretty cool in this one, but I kept editing.......

I converted it to B&W....

And tuned up the details a bit.

I love taking pictures... and I love editing them, too! :D I'd love to hear what you think 
about how I did these. ;) 

P.S. Thanks to Snap Of The Shutter, I was introduced to this file format last May. Thank you! :)