We hired a pro photographer to take family photos last summer during a beach vacation. My wife wants to use some of the photos for a Christmas card and she bemoaned the fact that in all the photos, the beach and sky have been pretty much whitewashed out of existence. I told her I could fix them in Photoshop if the photographer could provide RAW versions. We’re talking about 15 photos here. Is this a reasonable request? I assume the photographer still has the RAW versions, but not sure. The photographer in fact has not responded to my request. Maybe photographer feels insulted or something.
Honestly no one don’t find it reasonable. I personally never give out RAW files. Does the editing look like the rest of the photographers work? If so then it’s sorta on you for hiring someone with a style different than what you want.
Also truthfully even if the photographer didn’t find this ask to be an issue, there’s very little chance they still have the raws. I personally wouldn’t have kept family photo raws that long