Raw Editing
Why Your Raw Files Are Doing Half the Work Before You Even Open Photoshop
I used to open Camera Raw, drag the exposure slider until the image looked “about right,” hit Open, and get straight to Photoshop. That was my workflow for years at the agency. Fast, functional, and wrong in ways I didn’t fully understand until I started teaching. The moment I slowed down and actually explained raw processing step by step to a student, I realized how much I’d been leaving on the table.