Professional Gallery? Qualified to post?

[tmjjk]

I was hoping to get some C&C and it has been lacking in the other forums. I figured I would get a little negative attention here... but this wasn't what I expected. I thought you would give advice on how to improve my images other than just insult which mode my camera was set at. Oh well.... I guess I can take the advice, NOT to use program mode... great construction to improve

 

[unpopular]

Was it a bad morning in the server room, Gipson?

 

[cgipson1]

Was it a bad morning in the server room, Gipson?

NO.. not at all!

 

[cgipson1]

I was hoping to get some C&C and it has been lacking in the other forums. I figured I would get a little negative attention here... but this wasn't what I expected. I thought you would give advice on how to improve my images other than just insult which mode my camera was set at. Oh well.... I guess I can take the advice, NOT to use program mode... great construction to improve

How does one improve one's photography shooting in PROGRAM mode? The camera makes all the decisions.... what input did you have?

I could comment on composition or something... but all that is secondary to being able to get a good exposure, proper DOF, and knowing HOW to use your camera. I don't care how good someone is at framing, composition or anything else... if you can't use your camera, it is useless!

 

[unpopular]

 

[amolitor]

Seriously? There's a discussion of whether it's acceptable for a professional to use Program Mode? Seriously?

Grow up.

 

[tmjjk]

exif data intact....

I took my son outside for a few manual shots....

 

[TheoGraphics]

So THAT'S what that "M" thingy on my camera stands for!






...just kidding.

LOL at harassing OP because he/she used "P" mode for a few shots. We've got some pretty big heads on this forum.

Who cares how they took the photo? As long as the results are presentable, I couldn't care less how they achieved the shot.

To the OP: If using "P" mode works for you in certain situations, that's great! Just keep a good knowledge of manual settings in case you have to take care of it yourself. Don't let a few elitist a-holes kill your drive to continue learning.

 

[tmjjk]

Thank you... I really think the main photog was unsure of my ability to shoot in manual so that is why he requested that I shoot in Program mode. I wasn't insulted I was extremely happy and grateful for the experience. And after, he gave me his images and asked me to edit them... a huge compliment. I will continue to learn! I study and shoot every single day! I come here hoping to learn more... and I do! Thank you all..... even you Charlie... you just wait, I will knock your socks off one day

 

[TheoGraphics]

You'll go far with an attitude like that! Keep posting!

 

[unpopular]

OMG! OP used Program mode but actually knows how to use a camera!!!

I feel so bamboozled.

 

[amolitor]

P mode, at least on Nikons, is pretty awesome. I don't use it because it didn't exist when I was learning this stuff, but every now and then I feel like maybe I ought to. Does it do the same thing on Canons? That is, let you easily flick through all the shutter/aperture combinations that will yield the metered exposure (plus exposure compensation)?

It's also probably a good learning tool, since it'll shove the equivalent combinations in front of you over and over and over.

 

[unpopular]

from what I've seen on by my Sony and Contax bodies is that it just tries to find a "best scenario" according to a programmed lookup table so that everything is as moderate as possible.

 

[amolitor]

Nikon, at least, distinguishes between Auto modes and Program mode. Program mode is just a sort of combined Aperture/Shutter priority mode thing.

 

[tmjjk]

Program mode is not full automatic there's a little room for adjustment ....

Program AE: This is the first mode in the Creative Zone of the Mode dial. Program AE works similarly to the Full Automatic exposure mode, but allows more control over the exposure variables. Aperture and shutter speed are automatically selected by the camera, but you can bias the exposure to larger or smaller apertures by turning the Main dial, which will change the combination of aperture and shutter speed so as to maintain the same exposure value, but with a different combination of aperture/shutter speed.