Matkin-Tori

__Composition, Focus, and Lighting__ Focus is important because it lets the viewer see only one focal point and the rest is blurred, or all of the photo is in focus. Photography is defined as the ability to write or draw with light. The DOF is the amount of your shot that will be in focus. To do this you change the f-stops. The larger the number, the larger the DOF. The smaller the numbers, the smaller the DOF. When a picture has a large number DOF the picture would be all in focus. With a smaller number DOF, the picture would only be focused on the closest element and the rest it blurred. The exposure triangle is 3 elements: ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. ISO is the measure of a digital camera sensor’s sensitivity to light. Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken. And shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open. All of these are important in making quality photos. For example, indoor sports events where your subject is moving fast yet you may have limited light available, you might need to push ISO to higher settings. Other examples include concerts, art galleries, and birthday parties. Five compositional techniques we use in photography would be the rule of thirds, focus, ISO, DOF, and aperture, Lighting from natural resources could include sunlight, filtered sunlight on a cloudy day, firelight, moonlight, or available light like candles or a light source through a window. Any artificial light would be anything that’s not what I just listed. Like flashes on a camera, studio light, a computer screen light source, bounce light, fill light, or dramatic lighting. I already have experience with window source lighting, small number DOFs. Mostly anything that’s on my iPhone because my iPhone is my camera.