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==== What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph?Focus is an important detail in photography because it is showing the focal point of a picture and really making it stand out for people to see. To get good focus on a camera, you shouldn't get too close to the object you are trying to focus in on, but stay at about an arm's length away to get the best quality photos. ====

==== Explain in your own words what depth of field is and why it's important to understand when shooting photos. I think depth of field is when a camera focuses on the foreground, middleground, or background. This is important while shooting pictures because it makes the viewer of the picture focus on the main focal point of the picture. ====

==== What is the exposure triangle and why is it important to making quality photos? The exposure triangle has three parts, shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Shutter speed is the amount of time the camera's shutter is open. ISO is the camera's sensitivity towards light. Aperture is how big your shutter opens. If you balance these three different features of the exposure triangle you can end up with a very pretty picture. ====

What are the 5 compositional techniques we use in photography? Rule of thirds:
==== - The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section. ====

==== Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another? Artificial light is any other light that is man made. Natural lighting is light used from outside, the sun, or the moon. ====

Natural lighting is only used outside and artificial lighting is used inside or outside, or wherever you want.
==== In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? I would say I have more experience using natural lighting because I take a lot more photos when I'm outside or especially more in the summer. But, I would also say that I use artificial lighting just as much because that lighting is inside and outside and you see it everywhere you go. I like more of a natural lighting, which I think most people do because it takes the best quality photos. ====