RAW vs JPEG

I've seen a lot of arguments about Raw or Jpeg. I used to shoot jpeg & doesn't even like

to argue about it. To me, it's about personal taste. But can I see the difference? Of course! 

 To be honest, I am not sure how jpeg shooters edit their jpeg images. I have my own recipes. 

I know I can pull up a good photo even if it's jpeg. But the reason why I started shooting

 raw is because I can control the exposure a little bit. Unlike jpeg, once it's done, it's done. 

I can still make the jpeg a little bit brighter but raw have better control. I'm not sure about

the color tone. So here's my biggest concern. The image on the left is raw but I open it with

preview. Then the one that's in the middle is raw and I opened it using the lightroom, then 

the image on the right is a jpeg also opened with preview. You can really tell the difference

 and I'm like Hey lightroom is cheatin on me! Even the CS5! grrr! 

So what i did, i opened the jpeg & Raw with CS5 and when I opened the raw

image, I copied the Jpeg tone through the Jpeg image with preview. So this is the result 

of the image. There's still a massive difference. Mia's hair (jpeg version) is dark and

 the raw version is a little brighter and the pink tone is brighter. This is exactly how I edited them. 

The CS5 raw opener, I changed the camera calibrator to neutral instead of adobe standard.

Then I enabled the lens correction then changed blacks to zero! So I hope someone can 

help me & give me a better answer. I've been frustrated about it. I was just hiding it but 

since after hearing what John Maxwell's 5 personal growth list & one of them was

*ASK QUESTIONS* I decided to spill the milk. Hopefully I'll get an answer to my long time

question. 

So here's the edited version. 

JPEG VERSION- same layer set up. 

RAW VERSION - same layer set up.

JPEG  EDITED

RAW EDITED

Thankful

Wow, I can't believe I'm writing a blog at 3:22 am in the morning. My sleeping habit is really

BAD! Especially when I'm so eager to learn something. I'm still not improving when it comes to

healthy habit (sad face) But moving on, I wanted to share to you my daily habit. I called it thankful

it's simply because I am really thankful. Life is awesome especially because I know I can rely on God.

He's been so good even in my bad days. I can't stop myself from being too expressive! 

I'm not saying my life has never been ugly but when I think of the goodness of God, It makes me wanna scream and say "GOD THANK YOU!"

This is my favorite home. Right there, that desk lol That's where I work & learn everyday none stop! 

I can be too abusive about learning but I have to! When I want to learn something, it will be over night! I want it, I NEED IT! 

SICK DAY

Another day, my lazy monday... I had so much fun hangin out with my canon sister

Emily. I had a great time! But then suddenly, I felt dizzy! When she left, I decided to 

edit all the pictures I took yesterday & the other day... It's helping me forgetting that I'm 

sick haha Man i thought I was gonna pass out earlier lol So sorry to my friend. 

Only photoshop can make me float lol Wow.. i haven't done this in a while! It wasn't perfect
and obviously I didn't put too much effort hahaha just a simple touch...

My bright life

HELLO bloggers! I'm doing my best to keep writing blogs & keep you updated! So 

today, since I can't get out.. I decided to photograph my flat... About the mess? Ah forget 

about it haha It's all because of my husband! He hates them pillows! He throws them 

every where! It's either you'll see them poor pillows on the floor or they're just all over 

the place! I guess I'm gonna re-arrange them for the rest of my life! hahaha 

I'm really enjoying my very first full

frame DSLR! I love how easy it is to photoshop my photographs! It makes sense! It saved me 

hours & hours to edit! And today, I learned new editing techniques (all by myself) No youtube!

No googeling! ^_^

I love shooting raw! It has so much control but man, it's swallowing my memory card haha

CHECK OUT MY VIDEO HERE! WATCH IT ON HD :)

HELLO MR. MARK!

YAY! IT CAME YESTERDAY! I didn't post it because I was too busy learning how 

to operate it & been talking to friends asking for some tips and such! BUT YEA WOO HOO!

CAN I SAY... "welcome home boys!" ^_^ I'm a happy jumpy bee! Ok so It is 2am and wow!

I'm wide awake. Anyway.. please enjoy the rest of the pictures!

 First of I wanna say THANK YOUSS to all that got involved to make this prayer come true! 

I put so much faith on this & It felt so good when these goodies arrived!

 Thank you DADDY Jesus... You never disappoint me! aAnd of course,

TO MY LOVING BAH BAH! (my husband) Sorry for all the whining and the stress! Thank you for

supporting me! YEA I've been a little spoiled but I know you love me ehee hee =D 

& to my loving mama! Thank you for helping me too! I love you with all my heart! To Evan 

(my husband's brother) sorry that we bothered you! But thank you for your kindness! WOW

Non-stop blessings! Also to all my canon new family, EMILY, LORENZ & INDIANA BUDDY

CHRIS! WOO HOO! I'M GONNA BOTHER YOU GUYS FOR A WHILE! hahaha I'm jk! 

NOTE: sorry about the logos.. the size changed.. I duno what happened.. but I'm too lazy to 

fix them haha will do good next time! ENJOY!

My gift from my bridal shower! haven't use it yet! it's so beautiful! 

No milk... My little snack haha Was trying to tone down my sugar but I can't! I almost pass out! But 

ahhh thank you cereal! lol

One of my collections... I love them haha they're so cute! 

I was tempted to take a quick snap of myself cause i was wondering if I can do it even if I was using

50mm and this is what i got! hahaha 

Yikes, I woke with so much rain! So I had an awesome adventure at my backyard!

NO! no tornado or storm! I had to knock them out because it filled with lots of water!

I'm not really good at nature shots but I'll be practicing more!

Almost hello canon

Did I say I'm going to abandon nikon forever? No. Nikon is an amazing company. 

They make amazing dslr. It's just I've been wanting to upgrade to a full frame cam'ra and 

I made a long decision to switch. It wasn't easy of course! The main reason why I switched

is the budget. I wanted to upgrade to Nikon D600 because that's all I can afford but 

based on bad reviews, I back out! But maybe it's not a bad cam'ra. I bet it is great!

But it seems like there's so many options to choose. Well it's funny that recently canon

just announced about 6D. It says it's full frame. I bought mark ii for $1899. 

Too late? No. I don't regret it at all. 

Nikon, I didn't invest much. I'm not closing my door for nikon. Nothing is wrong

to have a little trial and error. But for now, I just want to enjoy my decision. 

Mark ii is 4 years old but who cares? It captures amazing photos. Besides, the 

glass can make a massive difference! I remember Christine Meintjes

 (she's from South Africa) Check out her blog about it...

http://www.christinemeintjes.co.za/2011/10/25/i-moved-from-canon-to-nikon/

She made a massive switched too! She used to be a canon 

user but then she switched to Nikon. I think I did the opposite haha

I'm not a nikon hater! I love it so much! Once I get more opportunities to 

make more money, I will definitely go back! Nikon is just really expensive. 

I kno I can purchase d700 too but then like i said, i wanted to try out something

different. Besides, they're both amazing! 

So tonight, I spent time with my nikon & enjoyed it! I mean... I only have Nikon D5000!

I switched to mr. legendary Canon! Imagine, I only make $1000 a month & I get to

sport Mr. Mark? woah! & I also invested faith on that! I've been having a conversation

with God for few months saying " LORD! I CAN DO THIS! YOU SAID ASK ANYTHING 

IN YOUR NAME & IT SHALL BE GIVEN!" YES YES YES! I'm a believer!

Another Happy wedding!

I'm honored to shoot Pastor Dan & his beautiful future wife's WEDDING! aaaah!

 One of the reason why I love weddings is cause I love Big days like that! I will get 

a chance to photograph the happy faces, great moments and lovely details! Weddings 

are painful but hey I love challenging myself! 

First of, I wanna say thank you Jesus for every thing! Why giving thanks? 

It's cause my photographs are dedicated to God... Small or big things, 

He deserve all the credits! 

I went to see the wedding location with them & had a chance to take some snaps to see 

how it's going to look like! But wow! they're real beautiful people! I am more than excited! haha