Photo of the Day
Six years ago today I was sitting in a stadium in Alabama watching Grand Valley State win the Division 2 national title. It was a very tight game that went down to the wire, but the good guys won in the end. We stormed the field with the rest of the fans from Allendale, and for some reason I ended up in a great place. The crowd kind of moved me right to a stage, and soon after the team assembled there. They thought that I was a good photographer as opposed to what I was at the time. I had only had my camera for a couple of months, and auto mode was my friend. I did make a couple of good pictures though including this one that I have loved ever since. These two guys were having a great moment, and I managed to capture it despite myself.
Technical Data
I have always liked how this shot looked, but for the blog I thought that I would change it up a little. I used the strong sports desaturated preset for this shot. It just added a bit to it since the sky was not much to look at that day. I have been leaning on these presets a bit lately, but if they work why not?
Dave Wegiel Photography 
I was in a workshop with Vince Musi, and Nat’l Geo photographer who said that he often shot with camera on program mode. I was a bit surprised, but then he said that cameras are so ‘intelligent’ these days that you can shot on program and make minor adjustments to exposure and do just fine. Now I believe it’s good to be able to do things manually, but I find that in fast moving situations it’s acceptable to use the P mode.
It did work out well here. I found that I missed more than I hit with it. Actually now in the same situation I would probably be in aperture priority mode so that I wouldn’t have to keep checking my exposure. Sometimes in the heat of the moment that one seems to keep me where I need to be.