What Is Meta-Data?

During today's lecture I learned about meta-data. Meta-data is basically information about a photograph. This information can range anywhere from the date the photograph was created to the email and address of the photographer. Meta-data is very important, for example when someone downloads your photograph with meta-data they know all the information about the photograph and the photographer. Aside from having personal information to refer to, it is also important for correct citation if you are planning to use the image. For me the most important aspect of meta-data  is being able to correctly cite an image being downloaded. This process also makes the digital image much better than it would have previously been.

For this photograph I set my camera to a fast shutter speed because
 the cat was moving a lot and the high shutter speed made me take the picture
fast and still aloud me to snap the picture fast enough and still be focused. The image works well because the cat's face
is in focus and the background is not distracting.