You always amaze me at how "real" you are with us. This channel is so much more than learning about camera stuff, it's about learning life lessons too! I'm so happy you had that special time with your mom. Thanks for sharing a part of you with us!

So the second half of this video hit me pretty hard. I lost my mom suddenly in Feb and hadn't been able to spend anywhere near enough time with her over the past few years due to Covid. I have spent the last few years getting much better at photography and she only got to see a tiny bit of it, non of it in person (she was really big into photography). It's an important lesson I wish I had learned earlier. Don't get so wrapped up in life that you aren't able to sit down with the people that mean something to you and enjoy life. I am glad you had a good mothers day and thanks for all the videos.

Since buying my first camera (Fuji XT4) in December 2020 I have not missed a Pal2tech video. I have learned so much from you about my camera. This is the first one that has brought tears to my eyes. I am so very happy that you got to experience that with your mom! Your advice at the end should be taken to heart by everyone that watches! I miss my parents and I often think about how much I wish I could share what I am doing with them. Thank you, Sir!

Dear Chris, I often come to your channel to learn 'new' stuff. This time I wanted a lesson on TIF files. Your videos do not age. Thanks But the story about your mother and your photo shoot is very warm and touching. Hats off to you my friend.

I was not expecting to shed a tear watching a video about photography, but I did. The world is a better place with people like you. Please keep doing what you do.

The educational portion was great, the personal portion was beyond great and even more "educational". The message was clear and more important. Thanks for sharing this, Chris. Glad it was an epic weekend and time spent with your Mom!

the 2nd half of the video is one of the best things I've watched this year

This made me wanna cry. I share my work with my mom all the time so we can have those types of moments you're talking about. Great stuff dude and thank you for making this video.

I don’t have my parents, but you did a fabulous job with them, I am so proud of you for sharing and spending special time with your beautiful family. Yes you did teaching to everyone, even to me .

The second part of the video was more important to me, it has a powerful message and it is so touching, thank you for sharing your lovely experience and thanks for the great tips.

I’m so touched by your story…Chris, you’re really the one and the only my favorite creator. Thank you for always being so inspiring and sharing the useful knowledge, more importantly, the life lessons to us. Love from Taiwan:)

Oh Chris. You got me there at the end :) I knew you would break my heart, and I watched it anyway, and shed a tear. I'm so happy you got to do this, and I'm doing my best to make the most time I've got with my folks. Thank you for sharing this, you're a good man Chris, and we are lucky to have you in our lives.

My wife lost her mom (on Kauai) in August, the last time we saw her was March 2019. We were to see her March 2020 just as everything was closing down on the islands, so we cancelled our plans thinking it was not a big deal, that in 2 to 3 months all would be fine. Well, Kauai was really concerned about visitors, and my mother in law wouldn't let us come over. My wife was in complete shock/denial upon learning of her mom's passing, broke my heart. Was happy to hear of your experience with your mom, bless you.

And this video is why we love your channel so much Chris. You put your heart, soul and personality into every video and along with photography tips, we get life lessons. and the family photo at the end - wow!!

Sometimes we forget that we started taking photos for fun. It's very easy to get bogged down with tec and post and forget life is sort and laughs are a premium so just get out and shoot for the fun of it. I lost my mum and dad a while ago and would love to have had your weekend. Thanks for sharing.

I love this so much. I just started crying when his mom was interested in what he did & she was proud of him! Also, I just want to say that my X-T4 is my first ever digital camera ( I've shot with an analog for my entire life, digital is just easier to archive & deliver to clients), so you've been the most clear & insightful person I've come across. I recently went on a trip & got overwhelmed trying to remember settings. Rather than missing shots, I just pulled out my phone & watched the video I needed to watch a few times. I felt stupid, but a kind stranger told me that I looked confident & professional as they walked by. I would like to believe it's because you take the leap to share with us even if you feel like someone else might do it better or it makes you feel vulnerable. It's much appreciated!!! 🧡

That second part of the video really touched me, and I'm happy you've shared this personal story about the time you've spent with your mother and family. It is far more important than tiff files. Thank you Chris!

Just want to share that I’ve never watched a photo instructional video and ended up in tears (good ones!). Your sharing was so real and a reminder of what truly matters; not the ISO/RAW formats, but enjoying life with those we love. Truly thankful for your videos! Thanks for your honest sharing!

To blazes with the instructional staff... love the personal story, but so true... not photo perfection, it is more about the fun photo... and family time... and incredible story brought a tear or two...

I wish I could like this video twice. Once for the informational part, and again for the personal part.

Excellent points! That’s why I prefer to take family pictures with a fast prime lens. I want the photos to reflect the actual lighting conditions rather than add additional light and make it seem “artificial”. The only thing I might do is to fill shadows with a small on-camera flash by 1 stop difference.

Regarding part 2; What a gift your sharing is. I honour your willingness to be vulnerable.

Chrish this is you're best video, such a great lesson, take shots take shots, connect with people you love and preserve memories for the future. Thank you so much for this video.

This is why you are one of my favorite youtube. I love when people are being honest with themselves.

"It is more important that you spend time with the important people that you care about" - you nailed it!

Prof Fuji, the personal section of this video was the "real education"......I am sure most of us share this sentiment about parents, and go through such situations with family one time or the other. You touched a deep chord and thank you for this wonderful message. God bless you and family.

Oh man, the second part of the video definitely deserves a place on its own! Thanks a lot for sharing these impressions and thoughts!

This was such a touching video and such a raw video and such a fantastic video. Thank you!

Oh, Chris. That was a wonderful time you spent. I went out with my mother for lunch periodically and took photos at restaraunts, that were the good memories. The photos were shared with our relatives at the funeral and it was good. I did not have a chance to take such photos of my father. He passed away about ten years ago. But upon that, I started going out with my mother for a lunch, which turns out to have more chances to have communications and take photos.

Wow, man you made me cry like a child! That was very powerful

Loved the family pictures Chris, your mother will be so you 👏🏻❤️

Somehow the universe knew I needed to hear this advice today (about maintaining relationships with our parents). Thank you also for the tech tips!

Damn. Got me all tear eyed. Thank you! Thanks for being.. you. Such an awesome person :)

Liked the whole video, loved the last half. I’ve older parents half a world away and have been doing exactly what you mentioned, putting re-connecting off because it feels like it might now be awkward. Love your work, Chris. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the personal stuff. That thing of wanting your parents to be proud of you is very powerful, and it’s why with my own children when the time is right I make sure to tell them how proud I am of them. That makes sure the love gets passed down the generations.

As always, great instruction and very good personal message.

Lovely son you are Chris, I really enjoy your Friday videos, cheers

Interesting about the tiff conversion, thanks. So glad your mom could visit...it's why we did/do the social isolation, masks and vaccines, because we wanted/want all our family to survive covid (about a million in this country and 15 million worldwide have died and it's not over). Point is, your family toughing out not visiting for over 2 yrs gave you this time together as a family...and look how special it was. So maybe once or twice a month you (with wife and kids) could schedule a video chat with your mom... it's a nice way to keep in touch between visits...yes, nicer than by phone bcs it's visual, too. 🙃😉

I loved your “second” video on the photo for Mother’s Day. The lesson you learned and shared is one that many many pro and semi-pro photographers have had to learn. It isn’t an easy one, since as you admitted, most of us are such perfectionist - especially when it come to wanting to please family. But the truth is - perfection doesn’t matter. In fact it is harmful - it destroys the morale of your subjects and they will grow to hate having you photograph them. After I finally learned this painful lesson, I made a rule for myself. I will spend no longer than five minutes AT THE MOST in setting up for a photo of family groups. And I will take the photos within a few seconds of having the group arranged and waiting. The rule has worked wonders for me. I can take multiple exposures with no one complaining and I always - ALWAYS - get at least one really good shot. Thanks so much for this important video.

That is a great story!! I love my MOM!! Thank you!!!

Chris, yr. 2nd half was brave & impressive. Had to share the ol saying - - "If you want to look out and see the world outside, then you have to raise up the window shades/blinds. In doing so, you also enable people to look inside." Although scarey, you did and people will be rewarded by your candor. TKS

Love your honesty in your videos. Poignant for sure

That was a very touching story about you and your mom. Got me a little bit teary eyed. Also it is good that you point out how unimportant perfection is when it comes to photography. It is how the final product moves the viewer that counts. Thanks for sharing.

Ya did good. And the story about Dad trying to get the perfect family photo will live on for decades in your family, maybe even into your grandkids.

Proud of you Chris. Thanks for sharing. Always learning from your channel.

That was a very touching story with an equally valuable lesson that I can only relate to far too well - thanks for sharing! 🙂

Very moving video Chris. My mum died 3 years ago now. I'm still trying to make her proud of me. ❤

I like your sharing, so inspiring. Superb quality no longer matters when it comes to precious moment.

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing such a powerful video.

PS: Your personal message is great, I loved it.

So inspiring to watch your videos!👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for sharing Chris! Very important message and lovely video footage!

Thank you for your raw honesty. Family > a perfect image any time. I don’t think I will ever have this opportunity again

Love your family photo!!! Sweetness!

Thank you for beeing so open to us! I love this channel! It is more then my technical points and the technique. It feels like a clever brother talks to me! Thank you very much!

I'm glad your mom got that family photo to take home with her.😃

I've been shooting planes with the 70-300 lately, using RAW+Jpeg. If I bring them into Lightroom, treat them as separate files and toggle between them, the raw files have a pincushion distortion that Lightroom hasn't corrected. At 100% enlargement it makes the difference between being able to read "Exit" above the emergency door (the jpeg file) and the plane looking blurry in the middle (the raw file). So I only bring the jpeg files into Lightroom. But if I've missed the exposure or am struggling with the colors I'll go to the raw file in x-raw studio, make some adjustments and export as tiff which I then bring into Lightroom. It feels like a workaround for a failure of Lightroom to adequately convert the raw file, but it works for me. I haven't seen others complain of the same issue, so maybe my experience is unique. Thanks for the great content.

What!!! Chris isn't perfect? Great vlog and a better than great message to your viewers. Nice job Chris and thank you for opening your personal life to us.

What a great ending to a great video ❤️ wise words.

Thanks, Chris, for a fantastic video. I love both parts!

Great vid. Capturing the moment is the key. I get all of the technical stuff and when someone is paying you it is important. One of my favorite photos was taken with an iPhone. Some blown highlights and dark shadows but the person taking it captured the moment. I don't care that it's not the most technical perfect picture. They nailed the moment.

Thanks Chris - I can finally - I mean finally ck that off my list. I need to just stick with Raw. Regarding the 2nd half, thanks for opening up and revealing some things so honestly. Admire you. My 2nd focus, having lost both parents & my only son when he was 32, is learning next how to find a good printer & to make some photo books. If you ever get into those areas, would love to hear your thoughts. Tks Again.

Great video Chris, very emotive. You really know how to extract the warm human touch. Thank you!

I'm gonna be totally honest here and say I've done the exact same thing, we try so hard to get "the shot" not a shot. I had forgotten the rule of fun. Basically step one ask anyone in the family if they don't mind just getting a fun family shot no lights no composition and no directions. Ouch does that sound like the little voice in our heads as Professional Photographers what we shouldn't be doing. IMO being a perfectionest my cause my harm than good, we don't think we are doing anything wrong except getting that perfect shot. Thank you for letting us know we all have to think of our subjects as well to be happy and smile in front of the camera. My wife dropped the bomb shell on me about that after photgraphing her 21 years and counting another ouch !!!!

You're just great man, thanks for this video, educational on all levels and your second part goes right to one's heart. Cheers

Man, I must have been chopping onions, because that last part was so moving and relatable. I'm a textbook over-thinker as well, and my need to chase perfection has gotten in the way of the experience before also. Thank you for sharing. And I am sure your mom saw this and beamed with pride. As to the educational element... to those Fujifilm shooters that struggle to dial in the sharpening & noise reduction in Lightroom, would you suggest importing TIFF files rather than the RAW since the images clearly looked "cleaner" from the starting point?

Chris, great video. I have to say the times when you get personal seem to end up being my favorites. Thank you.

thank you Chris for sharing, I learned a lot. ❤

You are awesome man! Keeping it real!

Another potential reason to use the TIFF converision is if you are using film simulations/recipes that you want to bake into the file, and then have the most latitude for basic edits.

To achieve the same result from Raw & Tiff, try adjust NR and sharpening all the way to -4, as I tried recipes are baked in

yes you are right spend time with family and friends before sunset

This video is absolutely awesome!

Great segments! Sometimes we all misjudged what’s important! As to the TIFF, I have read that you get better results if you print from a TIFF vs a JPEG. Some print shops require a TIFF. Perhaps it’s because they want to make minor adjustments. Any thoughts on printing from a TIFF file instead of a JPEG file? Thank you!

Thanks for sharing. My mother may well be my original source to photography, not that she was a photographer perse. She passed a few years ago. No photo we take can truly capture what we feel, want to show, hope to convey, or wish to demonstrate...whether about the photo, the moment, or ourselves. But any photo we do take is most certainly better at doing that than any photo we don't take...or worse, the photos we wish we did take.

Another difference: converting to TIFF in camera, the system doesn't fix the distorsion from the lens. If you take a picture from building and convert it in TIFF (in camera), you'll get a difference when you load it in Capture One and you compare the 2 pictures side by side. Capture One applies automatically the distorsion but it seems that the camera doesn't do it.

And I love your second segment about your Mother's Day family photo. One of the great things about Fuji cameras is that with the film simulations, WHO CARES about white balance, because we're literally forcing it to something different in the recipe, and WHO CARES about noise, because we're literally adding grain to the image! I agree, in a professional setting you want to make sure your lighting is exactly how you want it, including perfect white balance and no mixed color temperatures. But the reason I love to shoot Fuji is that while you CAN do all those things if you want to, you can also just set it for a Kodak Portra 400 recipe and take a snapshot like we used to in the 1980s, except we have way more control over the exposure. And as someone who primarily shoots stills (some of them portraits), one of the things I always remind myself of is that what's way more important than perfect lighting or composition is the subject(s) in the photo. And another thing I remind myself of is that literally NO ONE but me would notice something being ever so slightly off, and what's more, something being slightly off sometimes creates an undefinable character that makes people like an image even more than if it were technically perfect. I'm so glad that your wife took control of the situation and that you were able to let go at that point and just have fun with it. Such an important lesson! Thanks as always for sharing your personal experiences and learning, my friend.

incredible video, my father is very sick in the hospital today and I am now living in another country, unfortunately I think I will not see him again. 😭😭

Beginning to think it wasn’t just by happen stance our paths crossed, there’s something happening here... This 2nd part of your video is right on time for me. And the inexplicable feeling the 2nd part gave me, shouldn’t take away how exceptional the 1st part was - wow I had no clue!! Thank you for it all. PS Happy Friday the 13th!

Really nice family photos!

I totally agree about not having regrets spending time with parents. I dropped everything and was able to get a work transfer a little over 200 miles away to live with my parents to be their primary caretaker. My dad passed a little over half a year ago and the only regret was not having nearly enough pictures of him during the 12 years I was taking care of him. When he passed, it dawned on me to get a camera to start learning since I still have my mom though her health has been deteriorating as of late. I was able to get some pictures on her good days. I was interested in Fujifilm ever since the X-Pro1 first launched and had planned to get an X-E1 back then when it came out but time and finances weren't on my side then. I stumbled on old notes recently about my plans on getting an X-E1, too. I'm glad I picked up an X-T1 after my dad's passing at a bargain to start learning the ins and outs of the system before I feel more comfortable spending more money to jump into a more recent camera. I've had my eye on the X-T4 but time will tell what happens next. Thanks for the education as well as your story!

Thank you very much for the informative technical part (Tiff is not possible with the X t3). But also, my appreciation for the life-philosophical personal insights. Thank you very much and have a nice weekend. Greetings from Augsburg/Germany.

There is a further reason to use TIFF: for 360 spherical Panos you do not want to work with RAW or JPGs, so tiff is the file format for stitching.. ;)

Pal is such a wonderful guy , great family picture and a awesome video , love u dude😍, u are my teacher, happy mothers day 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Nice video and lovely photos at the end of the video. I just wanted to say so many of my photography friends are so obsessed shooting in RAW and yet all my exhibition work I photograph in jpeg. I print using dichromate and other chemicals and the chemical prints are no bigger than A4; usually smaller 6x6 or 7x5. So for me it's jpeg all the time as it works.

Great Video Chris and I mean both halves. Oh and never go to bed on an argument.

This was great. Sometimes I do have to make myself and others realise to keep it simple, it goes a long way.

Great video Chris! I haven't been aware of the possibility to convert the images to tiff files in my X-T4 and I really like the idea because I still could edit these files on my old LR6 if necessary. (I usually use C1 for my Fuji pictures.) Thank you so much for sharing the story with your mum. I couldn't agree more with everything you've said. I still have both of my parents (89 and 87) and we are very close. I recently started a photography project because I have seen that in our society elderly people are often treated with less respect and that their experience and life achievements are not valued enough. And I wanted to change that and honoring them by shooting their portraits and also documenting some of their everyday life, e.g. my dad repairing the TTL meter of my Praktica or stuff like that. I am so happy to hear that you and your mum could overcome what set you apart and wishing you both all the best and much time together in the future.

You just made me shed a tear.. wasn’t expecting that lol thank you

What a beautiful video I just watched right now....damn...I just wanna say thank you 🙏

Such a cool video dude thanks for sharing :-)

l know what you mean regarding trying to get the perfect photo of your family, i've been in the same situation, luckly my Mum was the one who said "Just take the bloody photo will yeah", it turned out great.

TIFF might be a smidgen better on cropped images, but nah. I always hated working with those enormous file sizes. Great review!

mom is a holy person👍

When I use my Fujifilm camera for astronomical photography, the RAF files are converted to TIFF so that I can process the files with specialist astronomical software.

Great story.🥲

This is quite interesting, especially that the TIFF has more detail than the actual RAW file. I think some of the differences between the PS TIFF and the out of camera TIFF is it's possible that the camera is applying some settings to the TIFF file (TIFFs are raw data for the most part, but the camera can still add processing to them, but not as much as it would a JPEG for example). Plus, the demosiacing algorithms that Adobe uses may also explain some of the visual differences between the two TIFF files. But this is good information and If I went back to shooting with a Fuji I may start just shooting with in-camera TIFF. We also have to keep in mind that most RAW formats are actaully TIFF-based, but it's nice to see that Fuji has included this feature in their cameras. It also helps people who maybe don't have the latest software or for those who maybe are shooting with new cameras where native RAW support is not yet available.

Hi Chris - isn't the main point of the TIFF format that you can get the ACTUAL Fujifilm simulation on a file that rpughly equivalent in terms of editability to a RAW? Great story about your Mum - you're absolutely right. My mum now has dementia and is at the end of her life........ I'm so glad I took the images I did on the way. I wish I had taken more.

Would be interesting how Capture One compares in RAW development. I heard it can handle RAF best, because of the good collaboration with Fujifilm.

Hey Pal, thanks for sharing. I have sometimes done the same thing. Thanks for sharing.