The CapturEDU Journal
Photography guides, written to be used.
Practical guides to camera settings, light, composition, editing and Melbourne locations. Clear enough for beginners, specific enough to take outside tonight.
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RAW vs JPEG: what a RAW file is, and when it matters
An honest guide to RAW vs JPEG: what a raw file is, why 12 and 14-bit files survive heavy editing, highlight recovery, white balance flexibility, file sizes, when JPEG is the right call, RAW+JPEG, and phone ProRAW and DNG.
How to read a histogram: better exposure at a glance
A misty white sailboat should produce a histogram that looks wrong. How to read the graph, spot clipped shadows and highlights, why no perfect shape exists, what RGB histograms reveal, and when exposing to the right gives cleaner files.
How to edit phone photos: a five-minute workflow that works
A five-minute workflow for editing phone photos in Snapseed or Lightroom Mobile: crop and straighten, set exposure, recover highlights and shadows, correct colour, fix small distractions, edit a batch quickly, and avoid the over-edited look.