Switching to manual mode gives you full control over technical settings, but when you’re capturing fast sport or wildlife action, there’s limited time to adjust basics such as aperture, ISO and shutter speed. To avoid missing unique moments, spend time on settings, and take advantage of priority modes.
Aperture Priority mode is mainly used for still shots, where the focus is on the depth of field. In action photography, however, the imperative is freezing subject movement – an image may appear stylistically balanced, but if the activity within it is not sharp, the objective has failed. Selecting Shutter Priority mode helps you to achieve sharp shots, while leaving you free to concentrate on factors such as accurate focusing and composition.
In Shutter Priority mode, you set the shutter speed required…
