Impromptu Candid Shots

[sam.crothers]

Looking through the forums I see tons of great shots, when it comes to stationary or landscape shots I take tons of photos of the same thing to make sure I get it right. But how do most of you go about getting those fast impromtu candid shots? I'm afraid that I'll have a setting set, take the pic then find out I messed up resulting in a missed chance. Do most of you go full Auto when put into those situations? Is there a process I need to go through? Thanks for the help.

Sam

[wulf]

You still take lots of shots and use your experience to pick settings that give you the best chance of getting a good exposure at the right moment. Even full-manual mode will do once you have established some parameters which work with the available lighting.

In fact, you need to take more shots than for more static subjects because so much depends on exactly what is in the frame and how all the elements relate together but without you having the opportunity to deliberately pose them.

Wulf