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 * What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph? **


 * Focusing the camera will give the picture/portrait more broad image. With the lens you can adjust the quality of the scene. As if it goes from a blur to a focus on an image. You can spot what is more of a "hardness" around the object you wanted to make stand out. When using the a slr camera you have the option to play around with the lens. To focus the picture you can just keep it steady and hold a button down till you see a sort of change with the lens focusing it's spot on what you want. But to focus I'm sure you'll need to get the full object/person/place into the camera for it to actually capture. **


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


 * Depth of field the amount of focus on the photograph. It is important to know because if one object is meant to be the main focus, the depth of field can be a smaller amount and blur out the background of object. If a scenery is the main focus, than it can have a large depth of field to focus the entire photograph. **


 * What is the exposure triangle and why is it important to making quality photos? **


 * Figuring out the exposure triangle has to do with the amount of lighting, as if you were to be in a room or outside the light would be perfect to fit how you see it. getting your image the way it should be seen in a certain lighting. You’re going to want to make the picture seem as if you’re there. An example would be at a beach. If I were to capture a picture of the sunset I’, going to want to leave some space around the picture so the lighting can be captured. **


 * What are the 5 compositional techniques we use in photography? **


 * The five compositional techniques that are used in photography are Rule of Thirds, Framing, Filling the Frame, Leveling the Horizon, and Leading Lines/Point of View of the photo. **


 * Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another? **


 * The whole purpose of lighting from a natural and artificial lighting is to show the what is more of a “mother nature” kind of look. Natural lighting comes from the sun seeping through a window, or when a picture is taken outdoors. Moonlight could also be used as a natural lighting source. Small lighting could be received from the light of a candle or a fire. **
 * Artificial lighting includes sources that create light with lamps or studio lights, or the flash of a camera. There is a technique called bounce lighting where a white object is used to reflect light back to the main focus. There are also spotlights which shine a single light onto the main focus to create a dramatic feel to the photo. **


 * In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? Explain. **
 * The kinds of lighting I have so far used are just usually from the outside. When i capture a picture of someone inside I would make sure that I need to have that perfect lighting from the window. Personally I use the light I can get from outside or sometimes inside and just try to work with it. Whatever comes through the window and shows up through the lens is what I work around. Using a exposure triangle technique will help get the image you want with the lighting it needs. **