1decmal8Tango wrote:
Apparently you didn't 'know what I mean'. I'm refering to the type who bought an SLR so that automatically makes them a "semi-professional". You know, when the bride and groom say, "I have a friend who will do it for $100"...those types.
1decmal8Tango wrote:
Apparently you didn't 'know what I mean'. I'm refering to the type who bought an SLR so that automatically makes them a "semi-professional". You know, when the bride and groom say, "I have a friend who will do it for $100"...those types.
Or maybe you are
Dude that's offensive... I've had my SLR for at least 3 months now.
Actually, one of the presenters at WPPI said that he primarily shoots in Auto mode. I was shocked because he's a famous photographer with lots of accolades for his work. He said, yes, he's able to shoot all manual but he knows what results he'll get in Auto or P mode and how to use it and that's how he shoots.
Brian Lingle wrote:
Actually, one of the presenters at WPPI said that he primarily shoots in Auto mode. I was shocked because he's a famous photographer with lots of accolades for his work. He said, yes, he's able to shoot all manual but he knows what results he'll get in Auto or P mode and how to use it and that's how he shoots.
I roll in T mode most of the time. I 'can' work in full M mode, but if my camera is so SMRT I figure I might as well use some of its brains instead of taxing my own.
Susan Stripling switched from full manual mode to Aperture priority (with exp. compensation) when she went from canon to nikon. She said the Nikon system was much more consistent. I'm jealous - I can't trust my 5D to determine its own exposure to save its life.
Brian Lingle wrote:
Actually, one of the presenters at WPPI said that he primarily shoots in Auto mode. I was shocked because he's a famous photographer with lots of accolades for his work. He said, yes, he's able to shoot all manual but he knows what results he'll get in Auto or P mode and how to use it and that's how he shoots.
Joe Buissink, I presume. He's the man.
He also shoots film and has a full-time personal printer... ;-)
Yeah - I find I can shoot the same scene with teh same light and the same exposure compensation, and get two completely different exposures if I'm in Av mode. I shoot manual if I can - unless the lighting is changing so fast that I'll be blowing too many colors or highlights.
Carmina and Deb, Thanks for the similar examples. Using P mode has a stigma that anyone who uses it is automatically an uncool amateur. People throw that notion around as if it's a universally accepted, unassailable fact. Buissinik being who he is and saying that he uses that mode was really liberating to me. I may not be able to use it and get the results I want like he does, so I probably won't use it, but when he described how he uses it, I felt like I'd just been released from some kind of straight jacket.
That's very much on topic for a discussion of online feedback. This kind of thing goes on a lot. Not so much in direct feedback but in our discussions. Something becomes labeled and judged as not cool and the social stigma and emotional charge behind it is so strong that anyone questioning it is cast in a bad light. It's limiting to creative thinking and it's part of what makes us all look and think the same.
Exampes:
Selective coloring
Using P mode
Giving the client a DVD of the images (much more so a few years ago)
Labeling those who opposed the invasion of Iraq to be unpatriotic
This kind of thing is common and it's used very effectively to manipulate and control people. We who consider ourselves to be artists and creative thinkers need to be mindful of using labels and concepts like a hammer and of letting ourselves be blindly molded by popular opinion on the internet, in professional associations and in any other social context.
Selective coloring
Using P mode
Giving the client a DVD of the images (much more so a few years ago)
Labeling those who opposed the invasion of Iraq to be unpatriotic
"..one of these things, is not like the others..."
Deb, Shooting in A mode with a spot meter setting in camera, if I move the spot just a little bit, it changes the exposure. If you experiment with it, intentionally moving the metering spot to different areas of light and dark in the scene and checking the results, you'll see that you can predict and control the results fairly consistently.
Busted! Thanks, Jeremy. I hesitated then threw that one in anyway. I thought it was a more clear example of how that kind of thing is used to manipulate and control people and create a sense that the those who differ are the opposition and their views have no validity.
I know I could be more articulate on this, but it would take a lot of time to do that. I hope I've said it well enough to make sense.
Brian Lingle wrote:
I know I could be more articulate on this, but it would take a lot of time to do that. I hope I've said it well enough to make sense.
totally.