Shooting mode

7 years 1 month ago #515028 by mokairish
Would anyone know the shooting mode (Manual, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, or Program) for the following1. A horse race2. A studio food shoot using natural light3. A studio food shoot using flash lighting


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7 years 1 month ago #515030 by John Landolfi
It isn't the case that you need to shoot in a particular shooting mode for a given subject. Depending on your goals, for instance:
For a horse race, if you want to stop the horse's motion, you may want a high shutter speed, and you might choose Shutter Priority to set and mantain the speed you chose. But, if you wanted to show an in-focus background behind a moving horse, you might want a small aperture to maximize depth of field, and you would choose Aperture Priority to mantain your chosen aperture.
And after some experimentation, you might use Manual to obtain a combination of the two shots above, using the shutter from the first and the aperture from the second.
Does that help?


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7 years 1 month ago - 7 years 1 month ago #515037 by hghlndr6
John's response is right on, but I'll elaborate a bit.  I would be using manual mode in all three of those situations.  Here's why.

Horse race --- Your priority is going to be either to freeze motion or to show motion, and either case is shutter speed dependent.  But if you use shutter priority mode with a high speed to freeze motion, the camera could select an aperture too large to give you the depth-of-field that you want.  Likewise, if you select a slow speed to show motion, or to convey motion by panning, the aperture may be too small to limit the DoF to what you want.  In manual, you can adjust ISO to be able to use both the speed and the aperture that you want to get the intended result.  If adjusting all three variables seems too much, you can use auto-ISO.

The studio shots --- In the studio, things aren't usually moving so speed isn't usually a priority. DoF usually is, so aperture priority could work OK.   In the scenario where you're using flash, though, you also need to be aware of your flash sync speed.  In the studio, you have complete control and all the time in the world.  So why leave anything up to the camera to decide?
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7 years 1 month ago - 7 years 1 month ago #516626 by Stic
A horse race would be similar to shooting cars drifting or racing.

I used to use speed priority to get the exact speed I wanted (in the case of drift, approx  1/80th (to blur the background and focus on the vehicle):

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Hot Rod Dirt Track Racing II by Flickr Sucks , on Flickr


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6 years 5 months ago #546754 by Monica Martinez

John Landolfi wrote: It isn't the case that you need to shoot in a particular shooting mode for a given subject. Depending on your goals, for instance:
For a horse race, if you want to stop the horse's motion, you may want a high shutter speed, and you might choose Shutter Priority to set and mantain the speed you chose. But, if you wanted to show an in-focus background behind a moving horse, you might want a small aperture to maximize depth of field, and you would choose Aperture Priority to mantain your chosen aperture.
And after some experimentation, you might use Manual to obtain a combination of the two shots above, using the shutter from the first and the aperture from the second.
Does that help?


Great. Valuable information! Thanks. 


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6 years 4 months ago #550264 by Hannah Williams

Stic wrote: A horse race would be similar to shooting cars drifting or racing.

I used to use speed priority to get the exact speed I wanted (in the case of drift, approx  1/80th (to blur the background and focus on the vehicle):

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Hot Rod Dirt Track Racing II by Flickr Sucks , on Flickr


This is a really good shot. 


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6 years 4 months ago #550856 by Steve Rodriguez

Hannah Williams wrote:

Stic wrote: A horse race would be similar to shooting cars drifting or racing.

I used to use speed priority to get the exact speed I wanted (in the case of drift, approx  1/80th (to blur the background and focus on the vehicle):

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Hot Rod Dirt Track Racing II by Flickr Sucks , on Flickr


This is a really good shot. 


really cool! I like it a lot. 


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