Aperture priority- hmmmm….
When I first got my DSLR (last July), I alternated between the Aperture Priority setting and AUTO. I learned manual fairly soon and, by November, was using it 90% of the time. I am back to trying to improve my camera skills again (hello, white balance!) and have been rereading some of my photography books. It certainly seems that a lot of pros primarily use settings other than manual- at least they advise us learners to use them. Aperture priority is definitely the biggie, because it directly affects depth of field.
So today I took this photo (actually a series of photos) using aperture priority. It certainly was quicker!
But my real problem continues to be not checking all my settings when I first pick up my camera.
Here I am reading a photography book. The first thing I read about was white balance- and soon after- ISO. So what do I do when I start my shoot with aperture priority? Ignore all the other settings!
So that is why this photo was taken with the white balance set to “tungsten”- from taking a photo inside earlier in the day. I was so proud when I changed it to that setting. . .
And the first few photos I took of my lavender? Well, the ISO was 1600! OMG!
I think I may need to go to photography boot camp!
f/4.5, 1/100, ISO 200, 35mm
melinda anderson photography 
This is great. I love the bluish tint which is perfect for this photo. It was a happy accident. A few weeks ago, I took a bunch of poppy photos using tungsten and when I changed the white balance setting to the proper setting, the photo was ordinary looking so I changed it back to the tunsten white balance setting. I think this is lovely; and the composition couldn’t be more perfect.