2. Shooting Mode Bonanza

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Getting Bossy, and Learning to Like It

If the alphabet soup of shooting modes and dizzying collection of scenes (or presets) your camera offers has ever felt over-whelming, you are not alone. It’s largely the reason so many people’s cameras spend most of their lives in auto mode, never getting to live up to their full potential. How sad!

But—there’s a world of goodness (not to mention better photos!) awaiting you if you’re open to it. You may even let go of auto mode altogether once you try some of the other options (seriously!).

Poring Over the Picture

Whenever I’m traveling, I consider the photos I make to be among ...

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