Sunday, 29 June 2025

The raw and the cooked

My latest street portrait, (a phone shot of my camera screen) not worked on them yet but spent a day recently in Sheffield, a great place for street photography. I always shoot in raw mode for several reasons, one I just enjoy working on them, and I also end up with large files great for printing large. Took it with my Canon 6D and my Canon EF 24-105mm f3.5/5.6 IS STM lens, don't be fooled by the lack of a red ring this lens is super, I have a few lenses including some with red rings (L lenses) I enjoy using this one, in fact I prefer it over the f4 L version mk 1, not tried the mk 2. For those unaware a raw file is like a digital negative, unlike a jpeg which can be used straight out the camera a raw file needs working on. It retains all the information, data etc its possible to get from the image rather than the cameras own processing messing with it. 

I'm available for talks, photo walks and seminars worldwide... Joking 😃 I am not one for blowing my own trumpet, I don't really need to my work speaks for itself. I have turned down offers of exhibitions at some great venues for various reasons, such as the Brick Lane gallery in East London, they just want too much £ up front, all these galleries operate a bit differently and there is no guarantee of selling anything to recoup the costs involved. I was keen to do one in Havana, Cuba (Cuba, how could one not do it) but unfortunately the Lockdowns happened and it never got off the ground!