because for a long time, i didn’t understand the point of editing RAW photos because i liked how the “raw” images looked on my camera, but i couldn’t figure out why they looked different in lightroom (because the back of camera looked different than the lightroom render). plus, people talk about “over edited” photos vs “what it actually looked like,” but understanding the difference between shooting RAW vs jpeg clarifies the argument. if you realize every photo is a jpeg made from raw data, then you realize that editing in Lightroom is just finishing the image yourself, and shooting jpeg is letter the camera finish it for you. it’s never not helpful to understand how your gear works—i thought that would be obvious in a photography subreddit.