Photography Vocabulary

How light or how dark an image is

• histogram
• rule of thirds
• exposure
• bokeh

Allows the photographer to set the exposure instead of having the camera do it automatically

• hotshoe
• aperture
• metering
• manual

Little flecks in an image, also sometimes called grain

• noise
• white balance
• RAW
• hotshoe

A compositional rule that suggests imagining the image has been divided into three parts, both horizontally and vertically

• Rule of Thirds
• White Balance
• Shutter Speed
• Bokeh

The part of the camera that opens and closes to let light in and take a picture.  How long it stays open is written in seconds or fractions of a second

• ISO
• Flash
• Exposure
• Shutter Speed

Aperture priority...

• Is where you set the ISO and the camera determines the correct aperture

• Is where you set the aperture and the camera determines the correct shutter speed

• Is where you set the shutter speed and the camera determines the correct aperture

• Is where you set the aperture and the camera determines the correct ISO

Cropping is...

• Removal of any objects merging with the subject

• Removal of the lightest tones in an image

• Removal of the darkest tones in an image

• Removal of parts of an image in order to improve the image's composition

Resolution is...

• The number of pixels used to display an image

• The amount of light that is required to take a picture

• The amount of light to correctly expose an image

• The number of pixels required for a picture to be sharp

What is the term for the difference between the nearest and farthest object that is in focus.

• Depth of Focus

• Depth of Field

• Flat Focus

• Depth of Perspective

What is the term for real or imaginary lines that lead the eye through the photo, usually right to the Center of Visual Interest.

• Diagonal Lines

• Texture

• Leading Lines

• Contrast