Thursday, May 19, 2011

Meta-data?

What is meta-data you ask? Why, meta-data is the important information that is attached to a photo that explains where the photo is taken, who took the photo and who the photo is copyrighted to. This will come in very handy in our class because we can send our pictures to the shelter and they will have all the information needed embedded in the photos. It will be very important to me because it will keep all of my photos organized in a way that is simple and easy to read. It will also be nice to have the template so that I will not have to continuously put in my information.


I realized the other day at the shelter that my camera simply did not have a fast enough shutter for the animals. It was getting very frustrating to keep taking photos of blurry animals and I thought there was no way to fix it. That is when I decided to change my camera setting to a preset. I went to action shots on my camera because when I took pictures of football players it was way easier to capture the motion with this setting. I know it is weird to think about a dog as a football player but they are faster and trickier to capture than a game of football. Not only did this help me not waste time ,it doesn't let you review the picture after you just took it unless you want to, but it also was a faster shutter speed. I don't know why this seemed to help my photos but it really did. For example... Meet Ace (52418) A very energetic dog that would not stop moving! In order to get this photo I had to change my settings but I think it came out well overall!




P.S. 
I am currently watching my dog attack bugs that are flying around his head... I wish my camera was closer to me... This is too funny.

3 comments:

  1. Sometimes the best fun is watching your own critter in action when he/she is totally oblivious to it. I'm glad you found a setting that works for you. They are fiesty little buggers! I love this shot of Ace. You might try cropping in closer with him to emphasize his face more. Great shot!

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  2. I am so glad you thought of using an action mode. A great idea.

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  3. Karen, this was the before edit and I added in your suggestion when I went into editing! Thanks for the comments and they are feisty little buggers!

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