Metadata?

Metadata helps you organize, control the uses of, and find your images on a map, generally supporting the appearance of your image. Metadata also provides information about a file. For example, metadata provides information about what shutter speed and ISO levels were used when taking a particular photo and when that photo was taken. This information that metadata provides is extremely important for any photographer, especially those who share their images on the internet. Some websites, such as facebook, will strip an image of it's information when it is uploaded onto the site, allowing many copyright violations to be committed upon the photo and photographer. Metadata shares this information, but also refers to proper citation and ownership of the image. This is the most important aspect to me as a photographer. Metadata also helps me organize my images better and allows me to see which ISO and shutter speed combinations are most successful in my images.

Pigpen. ID#85852.

When taking this photograph, I had to use a lower ISO because we were outside in the sunlight.  When taking photographs in the shelter, I consistently use an ISO of 1600, but out in the sun I had to experiment with lower ISO levels, which is something I have never tested before.

I may want to crop this image to bring more focus to Pigpen, but I did want to show an environment in which I would use a lower ISO. Nevertheless, I think this image flatters the dog because he is in the center and looking straight at the camera. Pigpen's expression is very calm, serene, and happy, making him irresistible! His ears are perky and he is engaging with the viewers.