5. THE AUTOMATIC PORTRAIT SETTING (AND WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID IT)
WELL, WE MIGHT as well get this out of the way.
I’m a control freak when it comes to the actual camera. There are a lot of things in photography for which we have to remain flexible—some of which we’ll highlight in this book. But the camera is one of the variables that I want complete control over (or as much as I can get). Unfortunately, the automatic portrait setting (Figure 5.1)—the little icon on the exposure mode dial of a DSLR camera that looks like a profile—does not allow for much control at all. I advise against using it.
Let’s back up a bit, though, and give the automatic ...
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