What is Meta-Data? Before taking this photography class, I could not have answered that question. However, Meta-Data helps us with our photographs. Meta-Data can help us make our pictures come alive. Meta-Data can help organize our photographs, make our pictures look the best they possibly can, and can help us find the pictures on a map. Basically, Meta-Data is the information about our pictures. This information can be the date the photograph was taken or the camera that was used. Meta-Data can help describe certain aspects of of a photo. Within Meta-Data, there are also different tags. For example, different parts of meta-data are called tags. Tags can help refer to specific parts of an image file. Being able to filter by tags is a crucial component in a library full of photos. A namespace describes the field and what is acceptable to put in that field. A schema refers to the collection of namespaces. It is important to note that anyone can publish a schema! Types of schema we may hear are the EXIF schema that camera makers use and the IPTC schema that is a set of tags that were designed for newspapers to transmit images electronically. Meta-Data templates are a way to add bulk meta-data to photographs.
Information in this post was taken from:
Metadata Overview
http://dpbestflow.org/node/298
Information Accessed: May 19th, 2012
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Trini 71190
Photo Courtesy of Brittany Murray
Photo Taken: May 14th, 2012 |
This photo of Trini came from me using the zoom. At this point in my experience at the shelter, I had not had to use any features of the camera. However, to capture this image, I realized I needed to really zoom in on Trini's face to capture this photo. I am glad that I did because of all the pictures I took of Trini, this is the one I was most pleased with. I was much more pleased after the corrections!
You did a very good job of capturing the catch lights in her eyes and a good job using the vignette it helps draw your eye to her cute face! A suggestion would be to maybe use the color correcting tool so you can take some of the yellowing out of the picture and make it more neutral color. But it is a very successful image!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you like the picture of Trini! I agree that the catch lights were captured and the vignette really does help. I think your suggestion is a great idea to reduce some of the yellow. Thanks, Kayley!
DeleteBrittany, before this class I could not have told you what meta-data was either! I am glad I know now because it defiantly simplifies my life! It's nice to be able to and information to a group of photos with just a few clicks!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture of Trini! I agree that sometimes you need to zoom in to get a better pictures especially with the little animals! I am drawn to Trini's eyes because you have brightened them and added a vignette! It looks great!
I agree with you, Lauren! We have already learned so much in such a short time. I am glad you like the picture of Trini! The zoom is a powerful tool and for these little animals the zoom works wonders. I did use a vignette and I brightened Trini's eyes. I am happy you liked it!
DeleteI am so glad you two agree on this. We will talk about metadata more on Wednesday. Please bring any questions you may have!
DeleteI have definitely learned a great deal since the class began! I have questions to ask you tomorrow and look forward to meeting in the classroom! I will see you then!
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