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As a self taught photographer, i was told that raw is better. I did several sweet sixteen and I shot them in raw. I did 2 weddings and several birthday parties, and yes I shot them in raw.
I have more control of the lighting, editing, and post process of these images when I shot them in raw.
I use to shot in jpeg and lost a lot of pixel, color, and resolution. So, i prefer to shot in raw.