Learn To Use Scene Mode On Your Digital Camera

Most Point & Shoot cameras these days have a large number of "scene modes" that set up your camera automatically to take a variety of pictures in a variety of locations (e.g. "fireworks", "beach").

While you might use "landscape" or "portrait" or "night shot" once in awhile, it would be helpful to learn what the other modes do. TeachMeToShoot.com has a summary of some of the scene modes:

• Night Portrait/Night Landscape
• Sports Mode
• Sunrise/Sunset
• Copy Mode
• Beach/Snow
• Panorama
• Party/Indoors
• Backlight

I've seen some cameras with as much as 50 pre-programmed scene modes. My bet is that most users never use more than a handful.