Photojournalism Basics

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- The opening in a lens through which light passes to enter the camera

Aperture

- The length of time the camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor

Shutter Speed

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- To make your subject bigger or smaller without having to physically move​

Zoom

- Simply a camera setting that will brighten or darken a photo.

ISO

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- Used to draw the viewer’s eye to a subject in the image

Leading Lines

- To use other items at the scene to act as a frame around the central subject

Framing

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- ​An image that is captured looking down - either straight down or at an angle

Birds Eye View

​- An image that is captured from a very low angle with the camera pointing up​

Worms Eye View

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- Removing unwanted areas from an image

Cropping

- It is a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open

Rule of Thirds

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- A planned photo taken in a controlled location​

Portraits

- A photo in an uncontrolled location

Candids

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- Emotion​

Reaction

- ​Events/What is happening

Action

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