What type of photographer you are can be determined with a quick glance at your camera mode most of the time. This won't be because of the type of camera you own, or the expense or quality of it. This can be determined by the simple expedient of looking at your camera mode. If you're any kind of serious photographer then you should really be using your camera in manual camera mode. And if you've yet to get started or aren't all that much of a dedicated photographer, then you might find that your camera mode is in automatic.
No serious photographer worth his salt will keep their camera mode in automatic, unless of course they only just bought it two seconds ago. However, you might be stuck in automatic camera mode for the longest time if you don't know what to do and if you're scared or unsure of how and what to do as well. Before I went digital I was carrying around my film camera and for the longest time ever, I was stuck on the automatic setting. And even when I did start the switch to manual camera mode I didn't go the distance, and stayed somewhere in a semi-manual camera mode.
I never fully changed over to manual until the day that I bought my digital camera.
Since I had to put down the camera for at least a few seconds without taking photographs to learn how to take photographs with it, I also came across the ways and means by which I could go fully-manual if I wished to. The rest, as they say, is history. I changed over to fully-manual camera mode and haven't looked back since.
Oh, it wasn't as easy as all that, it took a time and little bit of adjustment on my part to get the whole show fully on the road, but it finally did happen. The reason it was easier in part for me to change over to fully-manual camera mode with my new digital camera was the reason it was popular in the first place, the lack of expensive film to process. Like I said, I was working in color positives by that time although I wasn't a truly great photographer. I knew I wanted to be one, so color positives it was.
The expenses associated with processing, and the desire to stay comfortably ensconced in my familiar little world, were what kept me from going to fully-manual camera mode. However, since shooting digital is great on the budget, at least in the long run, I turned over a new leaf, and along with learning that manual camera mode was where I wanted to be and should have been all this time, I also learned all about my new digital camera. It's a touching story you must admit, but there was a moral behind it too. Don't be afraid to use the manual camera mode on your camera, they can give you greater control and depth over how your photographs turn out.
If you're still unsure how to go about getting yourself locked into manual camera mode, then might I suggest that you take the time out from your photographic efforts and learn all about the ins and outs of manual camera mode
And there's no better place to start than in your house or back yard where you can play to your heart's content.
