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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 122886" data-attributes="member: 6277">I would not shoot of Full Auto....BUT.... You are not paying a photographer for how he shoots as much as what he shoots. The photographer who shoots technically perfect photos on manual using 5 point flash lighting can be some of the worse photos in the world because he was to involved in the CRAFT and not involved enough in the ART. It takes a great photographer to know where to draw the line.We all buy the great cameras that have state of the art electronics for automation and then we don't use them to the best of their abilities. I shoot program most of the time. I use the command dial to change the shutter speed / aperture combo to what I want. I can do that without taking the camera away from my eye. Aperture or shutter priority mode are not needed most of the time for me then. I can look at the scene either before or after to know if I need to over or under expose the shot. Doing it this way lets me concentrate of the ART and not so much on the CRAFT.Aunt Margret Does not understand things like composition, Shot choices, background distractions, lighting and professionalism. Off my soapbox now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 122886, member: 6277"] I would not shoot of Full Auto....BUT.... You are not paying a photographer for how he shoots as much as what he shoots. The photographer who shoots technically perfect photos on manual using 5 point flash lighting can be some of the worse photos in the world because he was to involved in the CRAFT and not involved enough in the ART. It takes a great photographer to know where to draw the line. We all buy the great cameras that have state of the art electronics for automation and then we don't use them to the best of their abilities. I shoot program most of the time. I use the command dial to change the shutter speed / aperture combo to what I want. I can do that without taking the camera away from my eye. Aperture or shutter priority mode are not needed most of the time for me then. I can look at the scene either before or after to know if I need to over or under expose the shot. Doing it this way lets me concentrate of the ART and not so much on the CRAFT. Aunt Margret Does not understand things like composition, Shot choices, background distractions, lighting and professionalism. Off my soapbox now. [/QUOTE]

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