Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Hard Way

Today I was reminded of just why I bring my own camera with me wherever I go.

I participate in a "photo a day" project (or P.366 as we call it) with a group of friends.  The idea is to, well, take a photo a day.  Everyday.  For the entire year.  Doesn't seem like such a hard task.  But when you neglect to bring your camera with you and a good photo opportunity comes up, you end up using the closest camera to you.  But unfortunately, I didn't check all the settings before using it to ensure I was using my preferred image output.  Rookie mistake.

I didn't lose the image or get a bad quality photo, but the image was saved as a standard JPEG format instead of RAW - a format that allows for much better post production work.  I still got a great image, but the nit-picky side of me will always twitch a little whenever I look at that photo.  Lesson learned.

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