Photographers and Advanced Amatures

[GWShark]

After 65 years of photography using everything from a Minox to a 4 x 5 view camera, I am truly lazy these days and enjoying it. I let my Sony A-700 pick the exposure in "P" mode whereupon I bracket each shot + or - 0.3 stops. Sure, I delete a lot of frames, but I do end up with a goodly number of images that I am proud of. Once in awhile, like shooting breaching whales, I will use a S mode and spot meter for the best exposure on the animal.

So much of the time, a particularly fine image only appears so fleetingly that the use of maximum automation is the best way to go. Digital imagery is so cheap, you can afford to burn thousands of images to get the best few. It used to be back in the old film days, the difference between a professional photographer and an amatuer was that the pro shot 36 images to get one shot; the amatuer took one and hoped for the best. Shoot a lot and enjoy your cruise.

gwshark (US Army photographer 51/53)

[Habenero]

Use your camera in what ever way you feel comfortable. There are no hard rules, only suggestions. Some of the suggestions will work better for you than others.