The OP also asked about raw v jpeg.
Anyway we could argue for ten years about the creative process applied to photography. My stance is that photography (excluding sports, journalistic etc) is a creative process and I am sure that all the great photographers through the ages (and presently) would classify them selves as artists. Capturing a technically perfect image is just recording. The best analogy I can think of is a butterfly collector v Monet. Sorry if this offends anyone, that is not my intention just my point of view.
This could be a whole thread so apologies to the OP for side tracking.
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