{"id":18133,"date":"2013-11-27T19:22:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T23:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=18133"},"modified":"2017-08-12T13:37:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T17:37:35","slug":"photographers-program-mode-is-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photographers-program-mode-is-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"So you think P mode stands for Professional?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So you think P on your camera stands for Professional?<\/h1>\n

I know, I know .. it’s a funny comment that P stands for professional. But somehow it always irks me to the extent that I just can’t suppress my reply. Maybe it’s the purposeful dumbing-down making it seem okay not to want to know more and continually improve. Maybe that’s what gets to me. Still, I think my reply is more cute.<\/p>\n

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Breathe!<\/h2>\n

This post got a lot of reaction on Facebook \u2026 mostly good, with most people seeing it as humorous. However, some people chose to be offended. There will always be those too.<\/p>\n

But if we could have a serious moment and look closely at what I actually said there – I didn’t dismiss shooting in Program mode. I do so at times when the situation warrants. My comment really is a response to the easy and dismissive platitude that is “P is for Professional.” And you may well reply that that in itself is meant as a joke – however, I do think that at some level it perpetuates the “I don’t have to even really bother” mindset.<\/p>\n

So if you shoot in Program mode or Aperture Priority when necessary \u2026 we don’t really have issues here. It wasn’t directed at you. Breathe.<\/p>\n

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