Why shoot pictures as Raw files rather than JPEG files?  It’s a question that keeps coming up. 

I’ve addressed it before from a theoretical perspective, so this time I’ll address it from a practical perspective. 

This one’s a recurring question.  Everybody shooting with a digital SLR has two options at the time of exposure, RAW or JPG.  So which one to use?

The answer is always, always RAW.  And never, ever JPG.  Here’s why.