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Watch Choosing Aperture & Shutter Creatively on YouTube

Here are a few photos to give you my guidelines on how to choose your aperture & shutter speed for creativity. A huge part of that is knowing how your equipment works. The main things you need to understand is how the lens works with regards to aperture and focal distance. Check out the video & please comment!

On the Porch Deena Landscaping Gracie's Balloon Performing at the Horse Show Julie 2011 Lionville Fire Co. Golf Outing

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0 # MaiMai 2012-03-01 11:53
Thanks for a great photo tips. Do you use tripod with your sporting event sessions?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-03-01 11:59
Very rarely a tripod but I do use a monopod a lot with my 300 2.8 and 70-200 2.8.
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0 # roger starliper 2012-03-01 12:40
Hi, Greg,
Did you set the ISO at auto since you had no concerns about that setting? Thanks!
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-03-01 12:41
I would never use Auto ISO...
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0 # Mel 2012-03-01 12:50
Tks Greg for your time and effort in making these quick tip videos. Have learned alot in the short time on your site. Used to follow you on the froknowsphoto site. Keep up the good work
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0 # Dan Holahan 2012-03-01 13:42
Really liked the video. I really like the sharpness of your portraits and the tips you offer are a great help. Thanks.
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0 # Olaf Kleemeyer 2012-03-01 14:40
Normally, I follow you advice, Greg, not to use Auto ISO. But during my last shooting, I checked it out and it went well. Leaving everything else on manuall, Auto ISO let me keep my attention to the model. So why do you recommend not to use Auto ISO?
And before I forget: Thanks for this video, it was great for me as an amateur, to listen to a pro talking about his work.
Best regards
Olaf
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-03-01 14:55
If you shoot Auto ISO you should just be on Program Mode too. You are letting the camera adjust your exposure at will. It takes all control from the exposure and relies on the camera to figure it out. No way!
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0 # Olaf Kleemeyer 2012-03-01 15:14
Quoting Gregory Cazillo:
If you shoot Auto ISO you should just be on Program Mode too. You are letting the camera adjust your exposure at will. It takes all control from the exposure and relies on the camera to figure it out. No way!


All right, I´d totally agree with you, if I were on Programm Mode (P/A/S). But I´m sure I was on M-Mode so I could leave shutterspeed and aperture in their settings and let the ISO jump up or down, depending on light-condition s. Any drawbacks using Auto-ISO that way?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-03-01 15:42
Yes. What if you were shooting portraits indoors and the sun came out, forcing the meter to adjust for the additional light in the background. Your image would probably be underexposed and you might not have noticed until after the shoot when it is too late.

The flip side is if you were on full manual you would only have a brighter spot, not an underexposed image. Obviously this is only one example but it could happen anywhere. Auto ISO is a bad idea for any serious photographer.
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0 # Olaf Kleemeyer 2012-03-01 15:48
Oh yeah, that´s convincing. So I can be lucky it went well that shooting anyway :-)
Thanks for this extra info!!!
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0 # Colin 2012-03-02 07:25
Hi Greg

I noticed that on the balloon and golf shots you exif data shows a little bit of exposure compensation. Can you tell us why you needed to put some compensation in?
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0 # Gregory Cazillo 2012-03-02 09:53
Sometimes I will use it in aperture or shutter priority mode. I'll do a video on it...
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