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Oct 20, 2019 03:11:45   #
Delderby Loc: Derby UK
 
rochephoto wrote:
I would say the word "shoot" is overused. You don't "shoot" anything. You are looking through the viewfinder and initiating the machine to record an exposure. Shooting is for arrows, guns, canons etc.... otherwise we would hear about more school shootings surrounding photography classes.


Then you could only capture if you don't shoot ????

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Oct 20, 2019 18:20:53   #
skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.
 
I'm of the opposite persuasion...I keep my camera in the auto mode almost all the time. The bulk of my photography is of wrecks and fires and I don't have time to try to make an "artistic" photo out of such things. I know what the NCSHP wants and I need to get those shots quickly before the evidence changes or we cut the car apart or pull the cars apart. On fires the emphasis is on what we are doing and the fire changes every second. I do use a Sony 18-250 lens so that I don't have to get in the way of the guys cutting on the car or moving a stretcher or so forth. On fires it's not uncommon for me to have to pull hose, or grab an air bottle, or even move a vehicle and my camera gets handed to a spectator or set down on a bumper until I can get back to it. Life moves very quickly in these instances and the auto mode is a lifesaver for me. My personal photography is of my critters...dog, two cats, horses...and then scenic photos when we travel out West. Then I have time to play but I'm so used to auto doing such a good job that I rarely change.

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Oct 20, 2019 18:34:23   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
jradose wrote:
I will probably start a range war here, but, I think the phrase "I don't like my camera making decisions for me" is so overused. I contend, unless you are shooting creatively, the camera is, in fact, making decisions for you. The purists always say, I shoot manual mode because I want to be in control of my camera. So, you set shutter speed, you set the aperture, you set the iso, but then, you check the exposure meter. If the little slider line is not in the middle (for proper exposure), you then adjust one or more of the three (shutter speed, aperture, iso) To get WHAT THE CAMERA SAYS is proper exposure. So, as I said, unless you are shooting for creative effects, and ignore the exposure meter on your camera, that camera is making decisions for you. What say you?
I will probably start a range war here, but, I thi... (show quote)


You have it all wrong. The most overused and absurd phrase in photography is NIFTY FIFTY.

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Oct 20, 2019 19:37:29   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
“Say cheese!”

“Say fuzzy pickles!”

“Smile!”

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Oct 20, 2019 22:45:38   #
Photoguy120
 
Bigmike1, because so folks like to argue.

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Oct 20, 2019 23:40:31   #
User ID
 
Darren01 wrote:

Yep you have a little noise in the photo, but
that is easily corrected. HEY getting any
transmission into reverse at 60 to 80 takes
work! Even in the 70's before reverse lock out..!! LOLOL


I did that at about 25MPH .... I was used to
a 4-speed column mounted stick. 2nd gear
is pull toward yourself and downward. That
same motion gets reverse [NOT 1st] on the
pointlessly abnormal auto tranny shifter of
a 1960's Bonneville !!!

Since my body was obeying muscle memory
I also floored the supposed clutch pedal as
I shifted. Since that pedal was really the big
power braking pedal ... and I was in a left
turn at only 25MPH ... all this fuss locked
up the wheels and spun the car sideways.

Fortunately the locked brakes, plus sliding
sideways, protected the tranny since the
wheels were no longer rolling forward as
the tranny landed in reverse.

I hope this tale helps improve everyone's
photography and protects us all from any
over-used phrases. Gowdbless !

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Oct 21, 2019 08:59:44   #
Retina Loc: Near Charleston,SC
 
burkphoto wrote:
“Say cheese!”

“Say fuzzy pickles!”

“Smile!”

When a subject between the ages of 13 and 17 refuses to smile, just say "DON'T smile." Works every time.

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Oct 21, 2019 09:24:58   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
burkphoto wrote:
“Say cheese!”

“Say fuzzy pickles!”

“Smile!”


Actually there is a word that brings the lips together and then separates them into a natural looking smile very effectively. The word is:

"Money."

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Oct 21, 2019 11:13:13   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
Yeah, guys, we used all those phrases and more in the school portrait biz. It’s pretty hard to make 8th graders smile, so our photographers got creative... so creative, they got in trouble every now and then.

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Oct 22, 2019 18:08:33   #
djfkeefe
 
Well said. 100% agree....

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Oct 27, 2019 00:21:09   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
Must I remind that there are many ways to skin a cat?
jradose wrote:
I will probably start a range war here, but, I think the phrase "I don't like my camera making decisions for me" is so overused. I contend, unless you are shooting creatively, the camera is, in fact, making decisions for you. The purists always say, I shoot manual mode because I want to be in control of my camera. So, you set shutter speed, you set the aperture, you set the iso, but then, you check the exposure meter. If the little slider line is not in the middle (for proper exposure), you then adjust one or more of the three (shutter speed, aperture, iso) To get WHAT THE CAMERA SAYS is proper exposure. So, as I said, unless you are shooting for creative effects, and ignore the exposure meter on your camera, that camera is making decisions for you. What say you?
I will probably start a range war here, but, I thi... (show quote)

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Oct 27, 2019 00:22:28   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
Must I remind that there are many ways to skin a cat?
jradose wrote:
I will probably start a range war here, but, I think the phrase "I don't like my camera making decisions for me" is so overused. I contend, unless you are shooting creatively, the camera is, in fact, making decisions for you. The purists always say, I shoot manual mode because I want to be in control of my camera. So, you set shutter speed, you set the aperture, you set the iso, but then, you check the exposure meter. If the little slider line is not in the middle (for proper exposure), you then adjust one or more of the three (shutter speed, aperture, iso) To get WHAT THE CAMERA SAYS is proper exposure. So, as I said, unless you are shooting for creative effects, and ignore the exposure meter on your camera, that camera is making decisions for you. What say you?
I will probably start a range war here, but, I thi... (show quote)

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Oct 27, 2019 01:42:06   #
leicajah Loc: Texas, grew up in Louisiana
 
I learned to shoot with a Leica M2, then a M3. Fully manual

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