I test knit another toddler-sized hat, and had to take some modeled photos for the designer. Matthew is so used to being a knitwear model at this point in his short little life that even when he's being very two, I can still get him to cooperate for things like this.
Too bad there's no work for child models in our tiny town. He's well trained. And cute. :)
Also? I discovered that if I shoot RAW I can have my camera set to monochrome and still have the color to play with later. Also, I can recover from being an entire stop overexposed, like I was on this photo, with not too much angst. (I finally bought the book, where he clearly tells you about the monochrome/RAW combination right in chapter one.)
Sarah, I was going to tell you that after I read the book the other night. I wanted to try it myself first though, and I haven't had the chance. You have a very cute model!
I started shooting RAW + JPG about a month and a half ago. I stopped shooting the JPG a week or two ago altogether. Why? I used the JPG as a shortcut to post images without any editing. If I shoot only RAW I must edit every shot before sharing it. So in the end, I end up sharing much better work because I am doing a little editing for color and contrast before posting every time. +1 for RAW.
Oh and nice photo as well.
@tracys Thanks! Yes, I got a late start with the book, so I'm just sort of floundering with black & white until I have a chance to get through the assigned reading. :)
@rminkler Thank you! I've played with RAW once or twice, but the sheer amount of storage space is kind of scary. But yes, it was so much better to edit these, and I've gotten in the habit of tweaking even the JPGs I put out there, so might as well go all in and shoot RAW, right?
Oh and nice photo as well.