I was recently traveling in Japan with a group of people. I had my Samsung Galaxy 7 phone and my SLR camera. My question for this post is which devices do the photographers on UH use and what is percentage breakdown between the devices when trying to take pictures when traveling with a group of people not considerate/patient enough to allow you time to set up for the optimal shot.

On the occasions that I was by myself, I would use my SLR. However, when I was with my travel group, I found myself using my smartphone for taking pictures the majority of the time, due to the time pressure of keeping up with the group. Most of my photos are viewed on the computer, very few are printed, and thus, the photos from the phone provides reasonable images. Obviously, I can control the images better with the camera, but often, I felt I didn't have enough time. Do others on this forum have the same dilemma, or do I just have to learn to be quicker with my camera?

Hi Hogs,

I am about to begin the second revision of my landscape photography book by Focal Press.? Exposure and metering are important skills to master. Over 40 years of photographing close-ups, wildlife. and countless landscapes for fun and to earn a living, I have never found a situation where aperture-priority works better than the other choices I prefer that include shutter-priority, manual, shutter-priority and Auto ISO, or just manually setting a known exposure for stuff too small to meter like stars. Can any one think of a situation where aperture-priority really works best in case it should be in the updated book. I never have found a reason to use aperture-priority, but that doesn't mean there aren't any! Thanks for considering this question.

I'm not trying to start an argument here about the rights and wrongs, but have some genuine questions.

I've used Photoshop for years for design, creating ads for publications, and graphic design. For photography post production, I've used Lightroom, Aperture, Luminar, Aurora and host of other tools. I've used Aperture and Lightroom for cataloging and organization.

My question is, why do so many people go directly to Photoshop for post production? Surely Lightroom, Luminar and the others are more appropriate for post production? Photoshop seems overly complicated and more suited to graphic design.

Just a question!