4052. PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Using the P Mode. Travel. Siem Reap Airport.

A mother (R) and her 24- and 22-year-old sons board the SilkAir plane in Siem Reap airport.
22-year-old carried the photographer father’s heavy backpack as well

15 Jan 2010. 12.55pm. Canon EOS 40D, lens 70-300mm, P mode, 70mm, 1/1000 sec, 
f/9, ISO 400. They boarded the plane from the tarmac after a shuttle bus ride?  

 

 

P mode = Action program biased toward fast shutter speed.
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 15 Jan 2010. 12.54pm. Canon EOS 40D, lens 70-300mm, P mode, 108mm, 1/1600 sec, 
f/9, ISO 400. Why were they boarding the plane from the tarmac? 

P mode = Action program biased toward fast shutter speed.

 

 

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 A tarmac is the paved area of an airport, originally referring to the material tarmacadam (tar and crushed stone) but now often used more broadly to describe any of the hard-surfaced areas like runways, taxiways, and aprons where aircraft land, take off, and move on the ground. While used by the media and the public, the term "tarmac" is not professional aviation jargon; instead, aviation personnel use more specific terms like "runway" for landing/takeoff paths, "taxiway" for connecting paths, and "apron" or "ramp" for the areas where aircraft park and are serviced.