Houck-Katie

**What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph? **
====The focus of a picture is the area where your eyes draw you, because if a whole picture is blurry you have no where to look. To get good focus on a digital photograph you have to wait for the lens to adjust onto your subject and take in the lighting source your using, before snapping the picture.====

====**Explain in your own words what depth of field is and why it's important to understand when shooting photos. **==== ====Depth of field is amount of your subject that your picture is focused on. It's important to understand that depth of field is because by using it to your advantage, you can decide what you want the main focus of your picture to be. By using a small depth of field you can highlight one part of your image, the main focal point. But when using a larger depth of field you can get the whole area of your photograph into focus.====

====**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 exposure triangle is a term for the 3 elements of light that the camera works with (how it works with your picture and how light gets to the camera itself). The first element is ISO which detects the sensitivity of your camera to the lighting (higher ISO in dark situtations and lower in lighter). The next element is the aperture, which dictates the size of the lens (depending on how much light you want to let in) before snapping the picture. When the final element (shutter speed), is the amount of time it takes before the lens opens and closes (the quicker the speed the more detail you will catch.)====

**What are the 5 compositional techniques we use in photography? EXPLAIN don't just list. **
====The 5 compositional techniques are the rule of thirds, framing, fill the frame, level the horizon, and leading lines. The rule of thirds is used to keep the composition interesting, they say to imagine the photo is split into thirds (vertically and horizontally) and where the lines intersect (if your subject is there) creates a more interesting view. Framing is used to focus around a certain part of your subject. Fill the frame encourages you to fill your whole image into the frame (which can give you more detail on a certain part). Leveling the horizon splits your image into two, allowing you to have 2 separate ideas in one photo. The final one is leading lines, which uses all lines in your photo to draw your eye and bring it to your main subject.====

====**Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another? **==== ====Natural lighting sources are the sun, moonlight, firelight from a fire pit and basically anything that creates natural lighting on its own. Natural lighting softens the image and gives it more of a natural feel. Artificial light is the lighting from a lamp, a flash from a camera or light coming off of a computer screen, anything that is man made. Artfical light gives your image more of a edge, and seems harsher on camera.====

====**In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? Explain. **==== Most of the pictures I take are natural lighting, mostly using the natural sunlight, because I usually only take pictures when i'm on a vacation or in my backyard