Street photography at night can be closely related to shooting courtyard spaces. When evening falls and the lights turn on, the surrounding atmosphere in any place is no longer familiar.
The metaphysics of the place begins to work in an enhanced mode.
And a person as a figure in the frame can recede into the background in importance.
It would be ideal to always shoot handheld!
How much efficiency would have increased!
But even after the day's shooting, I still prefer to work with raw files, because I get it more operatively than with jpegs.
You need to check all the methods for yourself, but it is better to stay where it is more convenient.
Only this on condition that you get decent photos at the end.
If you are for or against the use of jpeg, but at the same time your pictures are sh!t, then it is better to try everything and keep quiet.
You must first come to such a level that you can afford to shoot badly.
And you also need to not be dependent on someone else's opinion. This is a frame or a block that hinders development in all areas, not only in photography.
The experiment of shooting straight away in jpeg is not over yet, but I have already concluded for myself that I will stay where it is convenient for now.
And it's convenient for me to shoot in raw, especially at night.
And at night, be sure to use a tripod, with the exception of snowfall or where it is necessary for the person in the frame to be clear.