I discovered an interesting fact about RAW. If you use a D-SLR camera and shoot photos in RAW format, the photos are stored in the camera’s native format. You can edit RAW files using Photoshop and a RAW plug-in from your camera manufacturer or you can use Aperture photo editing software which runs on Mac OSX.

Why do photographers shoot in RAW?

1. It gives more flexibility when editing in post-production.
2. Because RAW files are stored in a camera’s native format, it retains the details and gives the photographer the flexibility to manipulate the white-balance and ISO during post-production.
3. This is possible because RAW files are not compressed or processed like JPEG.

Would you shoot in RAW?