JPEGs vs. RAW - Now I understand.......

No birding today with more educational stuff being the order of the day. Sheena and I instead took part in a beginners training day run by Wolverhampton Photographic Society. And very good it was too.

I now know why I should always shoot in RAW, and what I should do with it after I've shot it. Unfortunately that's going to cost me more memory cards (the 2gb card I use would do just over 300 shots in fine jpeg mode, but will do just 120 in RAW - eek!).

I also now know where my histogram is, why I should be using that, and have half an idea of what I should be doing with it.

And then there was how to store your photos - which is going to cost me a copy of Lightroom (it's fantastic!).

And then there was a little basic manipulation - thank goodness I have the software for that already. I can see this all getting a bit expensive at this rate!

An excellent day, well taught, and done with the humour and friendliness that I love the club for. Can't wait for the next one.