Respect! You have control over how you take your pictures. I, who mostly take pictures on automatic, am dependant on the wiles and decisions of my camera. Most of the time it works. Sometimes not so much.
i have only one explanation and that is: you are using the autofocus. any camera will work in fully manual mode, doesn't matter what camera it is (except a camera that is only automatic, see my PN919 post). now, if you try to photograph a white wall that is filling the entire frame and you have the camera on autofocus, the camera won't focus so it won't take the shot. move the camera to manual focus and you will have no problem taking the same shot. i prefer to say that i'll do the thinking and the camera is there to help me achieve what i want, i won't let the camera do the thinking for me.
I blend automatic and manual in different ways, as of today. While I use manual mode to set shutter and aperture, the camera will adjust ISO for the rest (I don’t do this in studio shooting, where I add my own light). Then I make heavy use of exposure compensation to get what I want.
It works for me with action and wildlife especially, where I know how much I’d like to stop the action and what DOF I’d like. If I know I’ll be in high ISO situations I’ll periodically check that, to see if it will cause me to back off on shutter speed or something.
In the end it’s similar to using fully manual, but not identical.
if this method works for you, it's all that matters. i understand what you're saying about high iso, i'm confronted with the situation when shooting matches in late evenings under the floodlights. in my case, i bust the iso straight from the start, keep the lens wide open just to make sure i have enough speed to capture the movement
I completely agree. The automatic mode either overexposes or underexposes. I almost never use it. Terrific shots, btw. And, just for the record, the first photo - bride, groom, child - is a masterpiece.
Wow, what a difference it makes!
Respect! You have control over how you take your pictures. I, who mostly take pictures on automatic, am dependant on the wiles and decisions of my camera. Most of the time it works. Sometimes not so much.
so, this post is a good example that you should try manual modes or at least semi-automatic ones
I know! One of these days...
what type of camera are you using?
Sometimes my camera will not take the photo using my preferred settings; then I use ‘automagic’ mode.
i have only one explanation and that is: you are using the autofocus. any camera will work in fully manual mode, doesn't matter what camera it is (except a camera that is only automatic, see my PN919 post). now, if you try to photograph a white wall that is filling the entire frame and you have the camera on autofocus, the camera won't focus so it won't take the shot. move the camera to manual focus and you will have no problem taking the same shot. i prefer to say that i'll do the thinking and the camera is there to help me achieve what i want, i won't let the camera do the thinking for me.
I blend automatic and manual in different ways, as of today. While I use manual mode to set shutter and aperture, the camera will adjust ISO for the rest (I don’t do this in studio shooting, where I add my own light). Then I make heavy use of exposure compensation to get what I want.
It works for me with action and wildlife especially, where I know how much I’d like to stop the action and what DOF I’d like. If I know I’ll be in high ISO situations I’ll periodically check that, to see if it will cause me to back off on shutter speed or something.
In the end it’s similar to using fully manual, but not identical.
if this method works for you, it's all that matters. i understand what you're saying about high iso, i'm confronted with the situation when shooting matches in late evenings under the floodlights. in my case, i bust the iso straight from the start, keep the lens wide open just to make sure i have enough speed to capture the movement
I completely agree. The automatic mode either overexposes or underexposes. I almost never use it. Terrific shots, btw. And, just for the record, the first photo - bride, groom, child - is a masterpiece.
thank you! i'm happy with that photo too 😉
That is a remarkable difference.
Quite a difference.