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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

What I've learned

 I've been going on and on and on and on about this photography class.  It's time I put my money where my mouth is.

This was taken last night on my way home.  I used the 'auto' mode on my camera. 


This was taken with the camera in manual mode adjusting the aperture, shutter speed and the ISO.  This.  This is what my eye really saw.




I spent quite a bit of money on a camera.  Yes, others have spent more.  I can't understand why one would spend so much on a camera and only use the 'Auto' mode.  These 5 minutes on the side of the road in Allegan County reminded me why I bought my camera, what I want it to do and why I'm spending the money to learn to take the pictures of what I want to see, not what my camera thinks I want to see.  Good-bye  AUTO!

2 comments:

  1. Cool! :) I had to laugh, because Drew gets mad after I've used the camera in manual or priority modes. He'll say, "Ugh, why isn't this in auto?!" if the flash doesn't come on or something. "Why do you have to mess with it?"

    Why WOULDN'T you mess with it, am I right? :)

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  2. Auto is my friend.
    - Drew

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