Marco Arment

When you face that situation, you might say, let me look at the raw. And if you use a good app, you're like, huh, I couldn't get this JPEG to look decent, but this raw, I can get it to look good. And it will teach you the advantages of raw, right? So I would say don't ignore RAW, but absolutely do not shoot everything in RAW. Don't import everything. You'll be overwhelmed with data.

When you face that situation, you might say, let me look at the raw. And if you use a good app, you're like, huh, I couldn't get this JPEG to look decent, but this raw, I can get it to look good. And it will teach you the advantages of raw, right? So I would say don't ignore RAW, but absolutely do not shoot everything in RAW. Don't import everything. You'll be overwhelmed with data.

It's just a waste of time. It makes your camera slower, right? But don't totally ignore it. So every once in a while, get a RAW just to start to get a feel for it. I'm only a little bit farther on my photo editing journey than Maxell, so I can't tell you like... how to go all the way to be super duper expert.

It's just a waste of time. It makes your camera slower, right? But don't totally ignore it. So every once in a while, get a RAW just to start to get a feel for it. I'm only a little bit farther on my photo editing journey than Maxell, so I can't tell you like... how to go all the way to be super duper expert.

And by the way, super duper experts who are, as Marco says, trying to become famous for their photography, they also don't edit every photo. Nobody edits every photo. Everyone takes a lot of photos. Only some of them are going to be good.

And by the way, super duper experts who are, as Marco says, trying to become famous for their photography, they also don't edit every photo. Nobody edits every photo. Everyone takes a lot of photos. Only some of them are going to be good.

What I would say to focus on first with the editing is the simple things like when you look at this picture, is there some part of it that you wish you could see that you can't? Is there something that you wish you could see that's like either completely black or too dark? Can you fix that with editing?

What I would say to focus on first with the editing is the simple things like when you look at this picture, is there some part of it that you wish you could see that you can't? Is there something that you wish you could see that's like either completely black or too dark? Can you fix that with editing?

Is there something in the picture that you wish you could see that's too bright or completely white? And can you fix that? If you have overexposed something, you won't be able to fix that. And you might be able to check on the raw if you can, but like that's undesirable.

Is there something in the picture that you wish you could see that's too bright or completely white? And can you fix that? If you have overexposed something, you won't be able to fix that. And you might be able to check on the raw if you can, but like that's undesirable.

But if the sky is the thing that's overexposed and it's completely white and you don't care about that because the person's face is correctly exposed, like just those two things of like, is there something in this picture that I wish I could see that I can't? Does this photo look bad because, oh, I can't see that person's face. The dog looks like a silhouette and I didn't mean it to.

But if the sky is the thing that's overexposed and it's completely white and you don't care about that because the person's face is correctly exposed, like just those two things of like, is there something in this picture that I wish I could see that I can't? Does this photo look bad because, oh, I can't see that person's face. The dog looks like a silhouette and I didn't mean it to.

The sky doesn't look the way I remember it. Figure out which controls let you essentially recover from the edges. When you captured this photo, you know, what we say about blowing out the highlights, that's when something is completely white and you can't get anything back from it. And you're like, oh, I wish I could see that. White tells me nothing. It's 100% white.

The sky doesn't look the way I remember it. Figure out which controls let you essentially recover from the edges. When you captured this photo, you know, what we say about blowing out the highlights, that's when something is completely white and you can't get anything back from it. And you're like, oh, I wish I could see that. White tells me nothing. It's 100% white.

I see nothing, but there was actually something there. Like there was texture to that clouds. It wasn't 100% white. Or this thing is too dark and I can't see the person's face. They just look like they're silhouetted. But when I was there, I could see their face. Can I fix that, right? That's where I would start with photos.

I see nothing, but there was actually something there. Like there was texture to that clouds. It wasn't 100% white. Or this thing is too dark and I can't see the person's face. They just look like they're silhouetted. But when I was there, I could see their face. Can I fix that, right? That's where I would start with photos.

And I guess that includes white balance too, because that's when you get into like, do these colors look weird to you? Does this picture look weird? That's something you can tell better sometimes when you're looking at all your thumbnails, like in the thumbnail view, we got this giant grid of thumbnails.

And I guess that includes white balance too, because that's when you get into like, do these colors look weird to you? Does this picture look weird? That's something you can tell better sometimes when you're looking at all your thumbnails, like in the thumbnail view, we got this giant grid of thumbnails.

especially if you have a bunch of outdoor pictures than a bunch of indoor ones, then you really see the yellowness of the indoor ones because lots of our indoor lights have a color temperature that is warmer than the sun. And a lot of people like that, which is why we keep doing it on purpose. I certainly do.

especially if you have a bunch of outdoor pictures than a bunch of indoor ones, then you really see the yellowness of the indoor ones because lots of our indoor lights have a color temperature that is warmer than the sun. And a lot of people like that, which is why we keep doing it on purpose. I certainly do.