Guizzetti-Filippelli

=__**Composition Focus & Lighting Research**__=

It is important to focus because you want to pull your viewer’s attention to the main subject of the photograph. You can achieve this by adjusting the aperture and/or turning the focus ring until you have found the most appropriate setting for the image.
 * What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph? **

Depth of field is the distance between your camera lense and the object you are focusing on. It is important to understand this so your image isn’t flat and boring.
 * Explain in your own words what depth of field is and why it's important to understand when shooting photos. **

The exposure triangle consists of three elements which include shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. You must balance the amount of time the shutter is open (shutter speed), the size of the opening in the lens when the picture is taken (aperture), and the measure of the camera sensor’s sensitivity to light (ISO) in order to create a great photo. Also, if you adjust just one of these elements, you must adjust at least one of the other elements.
 * 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 five compositional techniques are the rule of thirds, filling the frame, framing, level horizon, leading lines. The rule of thirds is an imaginary group of lines that split an image into 9 equal sections. Making the focal point at an intersection of lines will create a more interesting photograph than if you were to just place the subject in the center of the frame. Filling the frame is another compositional technique which includes having your subject take up the majority of your frame. This will make the subject easier to look at by subtracting the unnecessary details. A third compositional technique includes framing. You can utilize this technique by framing your subject with another element in the frame of the camera. This will help make your subject more interesting and will help the viewer see the focal point. Another technique includes level horizon. Having a horizon line going straight across the frame will make it more enjoyable to look at and less confusing for the viewer. The last technique is leading lines. You can use additional elements in the frame (telephone pole, sidewalk) to lead the viewer's attention towards the main focus of the photograph.
 * What are the 5 compositional techniques we use in photography? EXPLAIN don't just list. **

The lighting techniques that come from natural sources include the sun, firelight, and sunlight that is shining through the clouds. Also, it can include light that is coming through a window. The lighting techniques the come from artificial sources include the flash from the camera, a studio light such as a strobe light or spot light, light in a room, a bounce light, a fill light and dramatic lighting. You would use natural light to make more simple and calm photos and use artificial light for more dramatic photos.
 * Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another? **

We have experience with shooting pictures in natural light (i.e. sunlight, firelight) and artificial light (i.e. flash on a camera, light in a room). We haven’t experienced strobe lights, spotlights or bounce lights but we are looking forward to experimenting with these sources of lights.
 * In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? Explain. **