Journalistic photography is a beast all of its own. Him not shooting RAW is such a small aspect of this story. It wasn’t a problem until I had to recover highlights. I often shoot jpeg when the situation calls for it. This particular shoot was a planned commercial shoot with a client brief and budget. Not a journalistic fast turnaround job. He was recommended to me ny a colleague who knows him personally and he fit the project budget for a second shooter. It was only after his images were an issue I discovered it’s his entire portfolio. He has found his niche and his customer base. But it’s not compatible with the specific commercial work I do. We are different photographers of different skill levels and specialities. That’s what’s so wonderful about photography. But there is a basic standard you should meet.

Yeah i think that’s it. He’s just good enough for the jobs he goes after. Photography is a wide genre too. He’s a generalist at a certain price point. As i said I believe most of his customers are happy. I’ve seen some terrible photography in my time and alot of it in my own camera. We’re not all perfect all the time. We have off days. Average customers look at subject matter and won’t get hung up on colour, contrast or exposure like we do. I started oit studying photography in college. It was all fine art photography. I loved it. Alot of technically imperfect photography in art but alot of emotion and depth. That’s subjective. I now work in a commercial setting where technical perfection is very important.