Metadata

After reviewing the multiple sources I would describe metadata as a compilation of information about a photograph. It is data that helps to organize ones images and helps better locate the images. Metadata is information about a photograph that describes multiple characteristics about the photo, whether it is telling you the date and time of the photograph or what the photograph is trying to portray. I feel that metadata is more than helpful for this class. Since this is a 6 week course and each week are taking 21 photos... that is over 100 photos. Also, most of us will have more than that (if we decide to keep the 2nd and 3rd "best choices") and if we are not organized it could be a big headache to find the photo. I think that tags are the best part about metadata because it is used with keywords. For instance, say I wanted to compile all of the black cats, I could type that keyword in and then my files would pull all of the "black cats" that I have to my attention.

I chose this picture because I used an option on my camera that I have not used before. When I was trying to photograph Jeffrey in class, professor Johnstone suggested that I try to focus with my lense on automatic then quickly switch my lense to manual to snap the photo. She suggested this because my camera would try and re-focus everytime the dog moved, causing me to never be able to get a photo. This is what I tried for this picture and I actually enjoy the way it turned out. As the dog sniffed I auto-focused then quickly changed the lense to manual to grab the photo. This image is this dogs first walk of the day. Yesterday, this dog missed out on getting walked so today it was the first one to be walked on the trail.