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I meant that a professional likely has an end goal in mind for developing an exposure and can use any software to obtain the result they want, whereas an amateu

by Fwirt 5y ago

I meant that a professional likely has an end goal in mind for developing an exposure and can use any software to obtain the result they want, whereas an amateur is likely more reliant on the software to provide sane defaults that look good enough. I don't think professionals necessarily want a bland starting point, but they probably end up straying so far from the default settings anyway that having a different starting point is less of a hindrance to them. Aside from that, the default settings and processing that the manufacturer applies may be undesirable for someone pursuing a more realistic and less "filtered for focus groups" result. All photography is illusion, but some want more control over the illusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMogOoWEbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMogOoWEbI

igouy 5y ago
The simple fact that my ancient Sony SLT-A65 is set to M maybe excludes me from your notion of amateur without including me in your notion of professional ;-) My guess is that professionals need to take a lot of photos, process them quickly; and probably show their clients what they are doing, while they are doing it.
- Fwirt 5y ago
  I guess 2011 could be considered ancient now... My SL1 (100D) is from 2013 but I never thought of it that way. Of course it's a crop sensor so I guess that puts me solidly in the amateur category, but I also enjoy shooting manual. (More often than not I end up ruining shots because of it though...) In my mind there are different kinds of professionals. Some, as you say, like to process lots of photos quickly. My sister-in-law shoots weddings semi-professionally and has Lightroom presets that she has built out to give her a quick jumping off point for the style that she likes, and sifts through hundreds of photos per session. Others spend a long time tweaking one or two exposures to frame or publish. Of course, if there was only one correct workflow, then we wouldn't have articles like this!
  - igouy 5y ago
    > never thought of it that way Me neither, I think of it as The Camera. > More often than not I end up ruining shots because of it though... I find me-ruining-the-shot less-frustrating than the camera-ruining-the-shot :-) > different kinds of professionals For sure.

by Fwirt 5y ago

igouy 5y ago

The simple fact that my ancient Sony SLT-A65 is set to M maybe excludes me from your notion of amateur without including me in your notion of professional ;-) My guess is that professionals need to take a lot of photos, process them quickly; and probably show their clients what they are doing, while they are doing it.

Fwirt 5y ago
I guess 2011 could be considered ancient now... My SL1 (100D) is from 2013 but I never thought of it that way. Of course it's a crop sensor so I guess that puts me solidly in the amateur category, but I also enjoy shooting manual. (More often than not I end up ruining shots because of it though...) In my mind there are different kinds of professionals. Some, as you say, like to process lots of photos quickly. My sister-in-law shoots weddings semi-professionally and has Lightroom presets that she has built out to give her a quick jumping off point for the style that she likes, and sifts through hundreds of photos per session. Others spend a long time tweaking one or two exposures to frame or publish. Of course, if there was only one correct workflow, then we wouldn't have articles like this!
- igouy 5y ago
  > never thought of it that way Me neither, I think of it as The Camera. > More often than not I end up ruining shots because of it though... I find me-ruining-the-shot less-frustrating than the camera-ruining-the-shot :-) > different kinds of professionals For sure.