5 Reasons to Shoot in Raw Instead of JPEG
If you’re just getting started in digital photography, you may be wondering about the choice between shooting JPEG files and shooting in raw. Here’s a quick 2-minute video by B&H in which photographer David Flores explains the benefits of a raw workflow.
Here are the 5 reasons that Flores shares on why you should be shooting in raw format:
1. The highest possible image quality can yield the highest quality edit.
2. Exposures are easily adjusted by “many stops,” with shadows and highlights quickly recovered.
3. Sharpening and noise reduction goes “a lot further.”
4. Artifacts in your image (such as banding) are easily smoothed out.
5. Files are future-proofed, allowing you to return and edit again later with improved software.
Watch the video above to see examples of the adjustments in action.