Do wedding photographers shoot in RAW?

Approx 99% of professional wedding photographers shoot in RAW. RAW images must then be edited before being delivered to the client as a JPEG or TIFF file.

Do wedding photographers edit all photos?

Most wedding photographers edit every single photo that will be delivered to the couple. In most cases, edited photos are color corrected and adjusted for proper exposure and tone. Typically “editing” does not mean removing skin blemishes, making arms look skinny, or removing unwanted items from the background.

Do wedding photographers retouch photos?

If you use your wedding photographer to create those products, and they are benefitting from some extra income, then more likely than not, they will throw in the retouching on those photos for free! You can then make sure you receive not only your product but the retouched files in your digital wedding gallery.

Do photographers give clients RAW images?

The reason why photographers do not give RAW files to their clients is that the RAW files are a form of negatives owned by them. Even when a photograph is being commissioned, the client always pays for the final product such as JPG or TIFF and not the original image itself.

Should I shoot in RAW or JPEG or both?

So why does nearly everyone recommend shooting RAW then? Because they are simply superior files. Whereas JPEGs discard data in order to create a smaller file size, RAW files preserve all of that data. That means you keep all the color data, and you preserve everything you can in the way of highlight and shadow detail.

Why photographers don’t give you all the photos?

Giving you every single photo does not accurately reflect the finished product, and giving you any unedited shots (the “RAW files” / unedited images) certainly does not reflect the finished product.

How many photos should wedding photographer give you?

The short and simple answer is ~100 per hour of shooting or roughly 800 photos for 8 hour wedding day coverage.

Do wedding photographers Photoshop pictures?

Probably the vast majority of wedding photographers are somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, and they use Photoshop or other tools to crop images, remove blemishes, enhance colors, and modify various elements in the image.

Do professional photographers edit their photos?

Any professional photographer will edit their photos. Although each will have a different style of editing, it’s common practice in the photography industry. Photo editing allows photographers to enhance the image and stylize it in ways that would not be possible in-camera.

Can you send RAW images?

RAW images are very large in file size so sending them as email attachments doesn’t work with gmail/yahoo because they have file size limits. This gets even more difficult when sending 50+ images at a time.

Should you send RAW photos?

Simply put, you don’t ask a professional photographer to give you their RAW photos because that would be giving you only half of an unfinished work of art. More so, by asking your photographer for their RAW unedited photos it means you don’t trust them to deliver an edited image you’ll love.

What makes it possible to retouch raw photos?

You can easily change the white balance, process each color channel separately, reduce or increase the light and shadow; to change the exposure and reduce noise in the photo using accurate algorithms, as well as increase the sharpness of the picture. What makes this possible?

How to explain why you don’t provide your raw photos?

You can explain that the job only specified a need for a certain number of photos, which is what you planned, shot, and provided. If the client wants more photographs, you can offer to plan future shoots to cover those needs.

What’s the difference between Raw and edited photos?

Without getting too technical, Kerr explains how a raw image is simply more flat and us supposed to be edited, but enables professional photographers to keep as much information and quality as possible within the file for that edit. It’s to be expected that none of the raw photos will be at the level at which the client would want them.

What makes up 30% of all wedding photos?

30% of all wedding photographs are the images of a bride in her beautiful wedding dress. While editing wedding photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, we adjust white balance, hues, saturation, temperature, and shadows to give an image an elegant look. If you have any questions, get in touch with our friendly managers 24/7.