Sterling-Basche

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What is important about focus? How do you get good focus in a digital slr photograph?
Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken. By changing how wide or small the lens is the focus will change.

Explain in your own words what depth of field is and why it's important to understand when shooting photos.
Depth of field is the range of distance that appears the clearest. It is important to understand because it’s different depending on camera type, aperture, and focus distance. When shooting photos it’s important to understand depth of field because print size and viewing distance can influence our perception.



== 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 Consists of three different parts: ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. [|ISO] is the measure of a digital camera sensor’s sensitivity to light, a[|pe] [|rture] i s the size of the opening in the lens when a picture is taken, and s[|hutter speed]  is the amount of time that the shutter is open. They all relate to each other because in order to take a quality picture, all of these aspects must be taken into consideration. ISO refers to light, aperture refers to the zoom and shutter speed refers to the time. When taking a picture all three of those aspects go into taking the perfect picture. Let’s say I wanted to take an action shot of someone serving a tennis ball. I want to have the perfect lighting, I want to be zoomed in far enough where I and see the ball and the server, and lastly I need a fast shutter speed to capture the picture.

1. THE RULE OF ODDS

 * The rule of odds tells us to incorporate an odd number of subjects into an image. Having an odd number of objects in a photograph looks much more interesting than having an even number of objects.

2. THE RULE OF SPACE-

 * The rule of space highlights the negative space. When there is a lot of negative space in a picture, it draws more attention to the positive space. This rule helps avoid clutter.

3. SIMPLIFICATION

 * Simplification is all about eliminating clutter from an image by changing the framing or using a shallow depth of field. This makes the photo a lot simpler and easier to understand.

4. SYMMETRY

 * When the left and right side of a photograph are balanced, the photograph is much more pleasing to the eye.

5. CURVED LINES

 * Curved lines draw the viewer’s eyes to the subject, which allows the photo to have movement and overall be more interesting.

Which lighting techniques come from natural sources and which come from artificial? When would you use one vs another?
**In terms of lighting what kinds of light sources do you already have experience shooting photos with? Explain.** I have a lot of experience with natural lighting because it’s free and it’s always changing throughout the day. I am also very familiar with artificial lighting because I tend to take pictures of people with flash to get a better quality photo on my phone.
 * ====== Natural Sources ====== || ====== Artificial Sources ====== ||
 * * ====== Sun ======
 * ====== Filtered sunlight on a cloudy day ======
 * ====== Moonlight ======
 * ====== Firelight ======
 * ====== Candlelight ======
 * ====== Starlight ====== || * ====== Flash on camera or attached to it separately ======
 * ====== Studio light source such as a spot light or strobe light ======
 * ====== Light in the room (lamp) ======
 * ====== Computer or phone screen ====== ||
 * ====== Natural light is very easy to find find and it’s free. You can also use natural light right away with sun or moonlight. Natural light is also best for outdoors and landscape scenes. It’s also recommended for beginner photographers to start experimenting with natural light before introducing artificial light to help understand how light works. ====== || ====== Artificial lighting is usually preferred for commercial, product, and fashion photography because they have a budget. Artificial light is also good for the times that there’s not much natural light for your camera to capture. ====== ||