Brown+-+Photo+Research

Mitchell Brown - Photography Research
Focus is a very important element in your photos. If you photo doesn't have good focus your photo will be blurry and boring. The focus of your photo determines how your overall photo looks. No mater how good the elements in your photo are, if your focus is bad, the entire photo will be bad. Notice, having a good focus doesn't mean your pictures will be very good, but if you have a bad focus, your pictures will turn out poor.

Depth of field is very important in photography. In short, depth of field is the blurring of color based off of the distance from the camera. There are many different kinds of depth of field, but for the most part they all achieve a similar effect. Depth of field is very important because it directs your viewer to look at the main focal point. It can be used to focus on 1 person in a crowd or bring focus to an individual element.

The exposure triangle consists of 3 parts. The 3 parts are: your shutter speed, your aperture, and your ISO. Your shutter speed is the amount of time your shutter is open. Aperture is the size that your shutter opens. And lastly your ISO is the cameras sensitivity towards light. By having balance between these 3 factors you can create crisp and nice looking photos. If your exposure does not match the environment of the photo, your photos could turn out blurry, faded, or really bright.

**Rule of thirds:** The rule of thirds is the most common composition and is recognized by nearly everybody who knows anything about art. **Framing:** By creating a "frame" around the picture, the photographer can create the illusion that the world is bigger than the viewer imagined. **Fill the Frame:** By filling the photo (or zooming in) the photo will looker larger than it actually is. **Level Horizon:** By creating a level horizon (or line) in the middle of your photo you can create interesting composition.
 * Leading Lines:** Leading lines is the act of having lines that lead the viewers eyes through the photo. Some examples of this would be train tracks or lines on a road.
 * Interesting POV:** By creating an interesting point of view the photographer can create interesting and unique perspectives.

Artificial lighting is lighting such as light bulbs and and computer screens. Artificial lighting is commonly used inside while Natural lighting is almost always used outside.
 * Lighting:** Natural lighting is exactly what it sounds like, natural. This usually consists of things like the sun and or moon.

I have used artificial light when taking pictures of my computer. The area was very dark in the picture, so I grabbed my lamp and pointed it at the corner I was taking a picture of.