Who uses aperture priority?

[Dovan]

Both Aperture Priority mode and manual mode are the two popular photography modes.
Aperture priority is a kind of semi-automatic mode whereas the other one is completely manual.
The mode selection is mostly dependent on the type of photography you are doing.
If you are into Sports, action or wildlife photography then you will not have the luxury of adjusting too many settings in the field. So, you will depend mostly on Aperture priority mode.
if you are doing landscape, portrait or fashion photography then you can go for the manual mode. In the case of landscape, you have sufficient time to fine tune your camera settings to get the desired shot.
Aperture Priority Mode Vs Manual Mode in Photography
It is always best to operate the camera in manual mode since it gives you full control over the camera.
But you should have a good understanding of your camera to do so. You should become a fast shooter, not searching for buttons when you are about to shoot.

 

[kallisti]

Both Aperture Priority mode and manual mode are the two popular photography modes.
Aperture priority is a kind of semi-automatic mode whereas the other one is completely manual.
The mode selection is mostly dependent on the type of photography you are doing.
If you are into Sports, action or wildlife photography then you will not have the luxury of adjusting too many settings in the field. So, you will depend mostly on Aperture priority mode.
if you are doing landscape, portrait or fashion photography then you can go for the manual mode. In the case of landscape, you have sufficient time to fine tune your camera settings to get the desired shot.
Aperture Priority Mode Vs Manual Mode in Photography
It is always best to operate the camera in manual mode since it gives you full control over the camera.
But you should have a good understanding of your camera to do so. You should become a fast shooter, not searching for buttons when you are about to shoot.

The one caveat I would offer is that if you are shooting relatively fast moving subjects where you want to freeze the motion, you might choose Shutter Priority rather than Aperture Priority. For example, when taking pics of my kiddo jumping into the pool, I've found that I need a shutter speed of ~1/800th sec to freeze him and the water droplets. I'm less concerned about DOF so I don't really care what aperture the camera chooses as long as the motion is frozen (my cameras will default to an open aperture and only stop down if 1/800th sec would result in an over-exposure). I'm also willing to let the ISO creep up a bit if the light is bad as long as movement is frozen.