Caution: Rant Inside

Took the family pumpkin-picking last weekend. Met a guy taking photographs of his family. He tells me he's a professional photographer and does portraits of kids. I asked if he could take a picture of the entire family on my camera. He does. Then I offered the same for him. That's when I noticed that he's got his camera set at "P" with ALL focus points active!!!

I was really taken aback by that. My wife consoled me saying different people may choose to use their equipment differently. But it really irked my that a person identifying himself as a "professional photographer" would throw themselves completely to the whims of their camera.

hehehe, Lots of those professional photographers these days. Doesn't the P stand for Professional?

LOL! I thought the "P" stood for pwned-by-camera!!!

who knows, may be he just wanted to make it simple for u :P

onick wrote in post #11119116
who knows, may be he just wanted to make it simple for u :P

I actually do that when I hand my camera to strangers for pictures. P or GREEN BOX mode for shots like this.

Even if he used P mode for all of his shots, if they are great shots then more power to him.

Yeah, I dumb it down as much as possible when I hand my camera to someone.

Was just thinking yesterday about how much time and effort I put into getting the BG 1-2 stops darker than a subject I lit with a softbox. The results weren't that great and my thoughts turned to, 'maybe I should just put this thing in GREEN BOX!!!'

It's always something!

dave

He's probably a good at business and marketing.

I'm good at photography, not so much the marketing

Just taking snaps? Why not make it easy?

whuband wrote in post #11119689
Just taking snaps? Why not make it easy?

I have control issues.

zelseman wrote in post #11119160
I actually do that when I hand my camera to strangers for pictures. P or GREEN BOX mode for shots like this.

Even if he used P mode for all of his shots, if they are great shots then more power to him.

gonzogolf wrote in post #11119172
Yeah, I dumb it down as much as possible when I hand my camera to someone.

snyderman wrote in post #11119479
Was just thinking yesterday about how much time and effort I put into getting the BG 1-2 stops darker than a subject I lit with a softbox. The results weren't that great and my thoughts turned to, 'maybe I should just put this thing in GREEN BOX!!!'

It's always something!

dave

Just "P" would have been just fine with me. But ALL focus points?!? I'm not even sure I know how to focus with all points active. It's very unnerving.

egordon99 wrote in post #11119563
He's probably a good at business and marketing.

I'm good at photography, not so much the marketing

That's what my wife said also. I'm still not convinced. I'm so curious I'm thinking about calling him for holiday photographs...

Wait, maybe he is good at the business end.

shutterfiend wrote in post #11119957
That's what my wife said also. I'm still not convinced. I'm so curious I'm thinking about calling him for holiday photographs...

Wait, maybe he is good at the business end.

In the end, this is totally all that matters...

Maybe he works at Portrait People in the mall.

I'm a still stuck on you handed him your camera...I remember once in Germany a young guy offered to take a photo of a family then took off running with their nice camera....