I tend to take the easy way out and shoot in P (program) or AV (aperture priority) mode most of the time, but I’ve decided that I really ought to get the hang of choosing shutter speeds.
Last night a piano/violin/cello trio came to our church to give a concert, so I played around a little in manual mode. Isn’t the ceiling of our church building pretty?

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Your ceiling looks like our attic ceiling and slanting walls we did ourselves several winters ago, all in that same lovely knotty pine.
Beautiful church and I bet the concert was beautiful as well! Love me some strings!
Your photos are a amazing!
I’m with you, I mostly use program or aperture mode. I usually only play around with my shutter speed if I am taking pictures of moving water.