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"Stock Photography and Legal Issues."

1. What is a model release? Why do you need one?  A model release is a basically a document that has information about the photography and it is important to have one just in case something goes wrong . 

2. Why should you keyword your photos?   You should keyword your photos because they are your property and no one should use them with out your permission .

3. Why do you have to be careful about shooting images with band names or logos? You have to be careful when shooting images with brand names or logos because they can sue you .

4. Why should you save space?You should save space because you might want to type something around the photo .

5. Why do designers like Royalty Free images?Because they are free images and you can use them for any purpose anywhere 

6. Why should designers be careful about using Royalty Free images? Because others may use the same photo and use it their ways .

7. What is an alternative to Royalty Free images?Everyone is trying to pick the best photo so they might all have the same image.

8. In your words, what is the difference between Royalty Free and Rights Managed stock photography   Royalty free images are images that no one owns , & ones that don't have a name. Rights Managed images are images that have an owner and can't be use by others unless with permission .

9. What is a legal issue that is covered in the FAQ that you never thought of before you read about it? A legal issue that i never knew about would be when you take a picture of a person and you post it and the person sees you they can sued you for it.

10. Why is it an interesting legal issue to you? it is interesting because a person just thinks that nothing happens if you take a picture of someone else but in reality that person might not like it and he/ she can sued the photographer .

"Still Life Preview"

STEP 2 :
1. Review the painting example and provide a list of three items that were often seen in painted still life artwork.
- Flowers
-  Fruits
- Water

2. In your own words, write a paragraph that explains what factors the photographer must consider when doing still life photography.
  - The photographer should keep in mind the lighting , Background and the composition.

3. Why is the Aperture Priority mode on the camera helpful when doing still life photography?
So the photographer can be able to focus on the object or the background better.


4. Why is a small aperture sometimes beneficial for still life photography?
    Because you are able to blur out the background .
STEP 3 :
1. Find an example of Stock Photography that interests you and post it to your blog.
 

2. What is an example of Stock Photography that you could take at your home or in Austin?
        one example would be nature , there is flowers all around my house and Austin .
3. Who is interested in buying stock photography?
 Magazines , Websites , Educational purposes & advertisement .
4. Why should commercial photographers consider shooting stock photography?
 Because you are able to make money out of it and you get to learn more about how to shoot .
STEP 4 :
1. What are some objects that you have that you could arrange for a Still Life shoot?
 Fruit , flowers , Jewelry
2. What backdrop/background could you use to enhance the emphasis on subject or contribute to setting the scene of the photograph?
i could use a solid color background or a nice colorful background and just blur it out .
3. What kind of feeling are you trying to evoke by grouping these objects and background together?
 I kind of want to evoke a romantic , simple feeling .

Lightroom Practice

RAW and JPEG

PART 1

What are three advantages of a RAW file:

•  Have all original data and are able to edit and manipulate more .
• Brighten Photos 

What is one disadvantage of a RAW file: 

•  More Data , Sports 
• Frame rate (FPS) is slower

What are three advantages of a JPEG file:

• easy for sharing online and printing 

What is one disadvantage of a JPEG file:

•  Less Color 
• Every time you change something it looses its data

PART 2 

1. Write your own one sentence definition of what a JPEG file is.

•     is a way of compressing images in a file

2. Write your own one sentence definition of what a RAW file is.

• It captures all the images data

PART 3 

1. Under the first heading "Capturing the Images," how much of the data does a RAW file retain after it is captured by the camera?

•   it captures all the data and retains all the information without compressing it, preserving all the information in all the pixels within the image

2. Under the second heading "Processing the Files," what are some of the things that a RAW file enables a photographer to edit after the image is taken?
   it lets you edit with white balance,contrast, highlights, shadows, colours and saturation

3. Under the third heading "Practicalities," what are some of the factors that photographers must consider when deciding to shoot in RAW?

   not every digital camera has the option to shoot in RAW format
 RAW files are significantly larger than JPEG files ,  also important to be aware that you can convert RAW images to JPEG, but you can’t convert the other way.

4.Under the fourth heading "Which one is for you?" why would an aspiring professional photographer need to know how to work with RAW files?
  You need to know that shooting in file is not going to make your average picture a great photo , you have to do the shooting work yourself .
   

PART 4 

1. Make a list of three occasions it would be better to shoot in RAW.
   You would shoot in RAW when your taking pictures of landscape, when you want to manipulate the image , Billboards

2. Make a list of three occasions it would be better to shoot in JPEG.
  News Paper , Magazines , and pictures that you upload online .