Here's How To Shoot RAW Photos

26 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this short instructional dialogue, the presenters explain what RAW image files are and why photographers should shoot in RAW. They define RAW as an unprocessed file format that retains more image data, enabling greater flexibility in post‑processing. The speakers note that camera manufacturers typically provide free RAW editors, while third‑party tools like Adobe also support RAW editing. Key advantages highlighted include easier white‑balance adjustments and greater control over exposure, allowing recovery of detail in highlights and shadows. The overall message is that anyone planning to edit photos should shoot in RAW to retain maximum editing latitude.

If you really like to edit your photos, then you need to be shooting in RAW. What is RAW?
Come here, you. It's RAW.
RAW is just a file format that gives you more information. RAW photos are exactly what it sounds like. They are uncooked. You need to do some editing on them. Most camera manufacturers, in fact, I think all of them, give you free downloads of their RAW editor. If you don't want to use that, there's always Adobe or many other different programs that will let you edit RAW photos. One of the biggest benefits of photographing in raw is that you have more information to work with, which means that you can change things like your white balance very easily. In addition to that, you also get more control over your exposure. If you don't have any details in the highlights or the shadows, you're not going to find them. But if you do and they're just a little too dark or a little too bright, shooting in raw allows you to bring that brightness up or tone it down. So if you plan on editing your photos, be sure that you're shooting in raw.