M4: Classify Photographic Images by Embedding Metadata

 M4: Classify Photographic Images by Embedding Metadata

In this post, I will be explaining what metadata is, what the different types of metadata are and how I have attached metadata to my own photos before exporting them.

Metadata is a way of attaching information to a photograph. This data can be used to help you not only search for your own images, but to also help others see your images using key words. There are two types of metadata: EXIF and IPTC. 
 
EXIF (Exchangable Image File) metadata is the data your camera creates when you take the photo. Your photo. This is the properties of a raw photo I took for this photography unit. The camera I used, the lens, aperture (in F-stop), ISO and shutter speed (exposure time). The properties even show you if flash was used while taking the photo and the file size.
 
 
Here you can see the properties of a photo I took for my photography project. Here you can see all the camera specifics. I have not added this in, this information was created when I took the photo and I have not added any data.
 
IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) metadata is data we attach to the photo. This data can tell you the title of the photo, the location it was taken (including GPS coordinates if you chose to add them), the author, copyright and key words to help you and others find your photo. This metadata is used to help us photographers protect our photos and stop others form claiming it as their own. This also allows others to easily search or understand your photo using the keywords, this helps the SEO aspect of your photo. I have added IPTC metadata to my own finished edited images, you can see my process in the screenshots below.












                     

I have attached the IPTC metadata to all of my finished photos. You can see I added a title to every photo, key words (explaining what the photo is of), the copyright status (© Faith Smith 2023), author name (my name, Faith Smith) and the file name. For each photo, I used the map to help me show the GPS coordinates of the locations and I added the name of the locations using the Sublocation field.
 
 
To conclude, I have explained what metadata is and what the two types of metadata (EXIF and IPTC) are. I have also explained why you would use metadata and I have attached metadata to my own finished edited photos.

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