Marcos+Comp+lighting+focus+2017

What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph?
== If you try and focus on something out in the distance, and something up close, it won't work too good if you don't have the right lens and settings. You get good focus by a) figuring out what settings to use b) adapting if necessary (using a tripod or waiting for a better time of day) and c) trying to get better angles. ==

Explain in your own words what depth of field is and why it's important to understand when shooting photos.

 * Let's say you gave a person in front of you, and a mountain in the distance. The depth of field determines on what you focus on and how much it does.

== What is the exposure triangle and why is it important to making quality photos? (HINT...there are 3 parts to the Triangle make sure you explain all three and how they relate to each other and making a good photo.) == The three fundamentals for taking pictures how you want to and how to make them appealing to the human eye.
 * ISO- A camera's sensitivity to light.
 * Not all are the same!
 * You usually want it to be as low as possible.


 * Aperture
 * The smaller the number, the more it’ll focus on the stuff closer to you
 * The best way to find out what works best for you is to experiment


 * The amount of time the camera is taking in the image
 * If the number is smaller (1/500 is smaller than standard 1/60), then the image is more clear if you can compensate for the camera shake with a tripod, image stabilization or something similar

What are the 5 compositional techniques we use in photography? EXPLAIN don't just list.
The exposure triangle


 * Three rules that you should follow to get the best out of your pictures.

Leading lines


 * A technique used to try and bring attention to a certain position in your piece.

Filling the Frame


 * Try and keep the whole frame interesting. You can't just have something amazing surrounded by boring stuff (unless you want that to be the only focus). Try and combine this with the next technique.

Framing


 * To use the environment to crop out stuff that you may not want in your photo or to try and keep everything that's inside the frame interesting.

Rule of thirds


 * To have lines cut your picture into nine squares equally, then have stuff that you want to focus on touching the lines that divided the picture.

Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another?
You got your natural. The sun, moon, fire and anything that isn't man made. For artificial you got your light bulbs, fluorescent light, and even colored lights. Colored lights are really good for adding mood to your photo.

In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? Explain.
I've never shot a photo that I've really been proud (hoping this class will help :D) of so this really is my only experience with top notch cameras. I can list some things that might help with lighting though
 * The reflection of the moon on something reflective
 * The sun
 * Clouds (to try and add some emotion to the environment)
 * Fire (to get a glow)
 * Lights. Having an area darkly it will almost never look quite as good as something lit very well, but not so bright as you can't see anything.