AYP Archives: Raw vs JPEG Format: Joseph Holmes

Joseph Holmes, a Berkeley-born landscape photographer, has been publishing fine art prints since the late 1960’s. He is a self-described omnologist (one who studies everything) and has spent four years as a researcher in Yosemite during the 1970’s. Joseph has been to all but two of the fifty states and is also an experienced river-rafter.

Holmes has spent over thirty years trying to perfect the color photographic print making process. During those three decades he has built darkrooms, created software, and engineered lamphouses all in an effort to create the greatest prints. He has several publications and currently resides in California where he is back in business making prints for people.

Joseph joins us on Advancing Your Photography to share his tips for shooting raw vs jpeg image files. Similar to photographic negatives, raw digital images have a wider dynamic color range and minimum loss of information. He talks about five advantages for shooting in raw vs JPEG files and discusses how this will improve the quality of your final images.

Key Points

• 5 advantages for shooting raw
  • Better highlights
  • Better shadows
  • Sharper result
  • More accurate white balance
  • No JPEG archive

Don’t forget to take what you learn and share in our photo share.

Learn more from Joseph Holmes on how to use you histogram setting for the perfect exposure.

See more of Joseph’s work here.