Consider shooting in Aperture Priority Mode (Av – where you control the f/stop and the camera does the rest) or Shutter Priority Mode (Tv – where you control the shutter speed and the camera does the rest) rather than in fully Auto or fully manual mode.

In addition to being a faster option for getting a well-exposed photo, program mode also frees up some of your mental power to work on composing the shot. By that, I mean that without having to worry so much about making changes to aperture and shutter speed, you can concentrate more on how you want the shot to look.

Generally, this will be in the daytime with plenty of light, so choose a large aperture (f/2.8-f/5.6) to keep the couple in focus and the background slightly blurred. Use a shutter speed of 1/125th of a second so you can see some of the confetti in the air.

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1. 1). Communicate with your clients before the wedding.
2. 2). Send a wedding day photography questionnaire.
3. 3). Create a wedding day photography timeline.
4. 4). Talk with the wedding coordinator.
5. 5). Refer to a shot list.
6. 6). Check out the venue in advance.
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・Mode P (Programmed Auto) The camera automatically adjusts aperture and shutter speed for optimal exposure, but the photographer can choose from different combinations of aperture and shutter speed that will produce the same exposure. This is known as flexible program.

However, and this is a big HOWEVER, shooting in Manual Mode may be the best tool at our disposal for turning our photography into a purposeful exercise. Using manual will force you to understand depth, light, exposure, blur, and focus. So yes, you should shoot in manual mode.

Even though you have no input regarding the settings in auto mode, shooting in auto still gives you a chance for some good one-on-one time with your camera, and that’s definitely a good thing. You can explore your camera’s menus and see what kinds of settings you can change too.

Program mode isn’t the end-all, be-all for photography. If you want to take photos with a huge aperture to blur the background, aperture priority mode is a better option. Similarly, if you want to freeze or blur the movement of your subject, shutter priority mode will be a good choice.

Program mode exists somewhere between Aperture/Shutter Priority and Auto mode, and it works like this: You set the ISO, while your camera sets the aperture and shutter speed.

In Shutter Priority things are reversed; you control the shutter speed and ISO, while your camera figures out what aperture to use. Program mode exists on the same continuum somewhere between Aperture/Shutter Priority and Full Automatic.

As you can see in the diagram above, other modes exist in the middle of the spectrum. These modes – Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, and Program mode – give you some degree of control, but your camera does significant work, as well.