Should you give your clients your RAW files?
This question comes up more often than you might think — and it happened to me again just after finishing a shoot. So in this video, I break down the real reasons photographers should almost never hand over RAW files, and the very specific situations where it actually makes sense.
I will walk you through:
Why the photographer always owns the copyright
Why a RAW file is not a finished product
How giving away RAW files can damage your reputation
A real mistake I made that cost me future work
The rare scenarios where providing RAW files is appropriate
How I price RAW file usage in commercial situations
If you’re photographing people in any professional or semi-professional capacity, this is something you need to understand before it happens to you.
