M4- Explain what metadata is

For this post, I will explain what metadata is and the information it gives. I will then discuss the difference between two types of metadata which is EXIF and IPTC data. After explaining this, I will showcase the metadata on the photos that I taken. 

Metadata in photography is information that tells you about the data in an image. This can be information the location of the photo, the size of the photo and the rights owner to that photo. This information can be filled in manually or by automatically by the software that you put the data in. Metadata is used as it is a way to easily access information about image such as copyright so people know who they can contact if they want to use the image for themselves.

EXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format and this is metadata that tells you more about the technical details with a photo taken on a camera. More specifically, this is camera settings such as aperture, ISO and shutter speed. However, IPTC stands for International Press Telecommunications Council and this type of metadata focuses more on the licensing and legal rights to an image. It also gives more of a description to and image so in conclusion IPTC metadata tells you what is in the image and who owns the rights to it and EXIF metadata tells you the settings that make up the image to look like what it does. Below you can see some images of mine and to the right is the IPTC metadata of that image that I manually filled in myself.