This is an issue when there is an abrupt change from one tone to another. This visual effect has been used to print images with less details.

This is often a jagged or saw-tooth appearance of curved or diagonal lines on a low-resolution monitor; when the pixels within an image can't line up with the pixels in a digital display.

This is a result of compression that causes an image to suffer from blockiness, noise, and color degradation, when saving it as a lower resolution filetype.

This is the optical effect where light from a bright source appears to leak into surrounding objects.

This is the image sensor size of our class cameras. It is mainly used on entry level cameras. It is a fraction of the standard full frame sensor size. This determines the quality/resolution of your images.

This sensor size is equal to the standard 35mm film. It is usually on cameras that are seen as "professional".

They also record more image data."

This is the part of the camera's hardware that captures light and converts that data into an electronic signal and creates your photo.

This term is used to describe an images aspect ratio and is usually referenced to a standard 35mm film format. This also happens when you use a lens and camera that were not designed for each other.

This is a piece of information used by a computer to calculate storage. Each unit grows by 1,024 to reach the next unit.

This is a genre of art that uses simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and collages to create one piece of art.

This type of style uses limited amount of components of color, lines, shape and texture. It focuses highly on composition, with huge emphasis on space.

This is a genre of art that pulls from influences from the popular and mass culture and brings it into the art.

A style of art that is experimental and innovative. It is usually way ahead of the times.

This is a genre of art that frees the artist from rigid rationality and reality. It promotes and thrives on imagination.

When an artist uses pre-existing objects/art and transforms it into a new piece of art and claims it as their own.

A technique that combines images and overlays them onto each other to a create a new image. It originated in the film days, when an image was taken and the film was not advanced and another image was taken on the same negative.

This is a genre of art that is mainly used to document inanimate objects.

This is a genre in which photographs are taken for a specific reason to help promote, sell or market a product.

A type of photography that is taken from a birds-eye view and can also be taken from an airplane or helicopter.

This is a graphical and visual representation on a camera or within photo software to show the tonal values within an image; a visual representation of the exposure of the image.

This is a term used for the concepts and attitudes that reject proper definitions and teachings of art that we are accustomed to.

This is a piece of art that contains 3D forms that can project out of a two dimensional surface.

This is an accessory used on a lens to reduce the intensity of light and alter the wavelengths that enter a camera. This is used during bright days to help take long exposures without overexposing your image.

This is a style or technique used to change the natural hue of a color, to mimic film that has been developed wrong.

This is a device that is used on studio lights to help direct the light to a narrow and more specific direction.

This is a metal pan accessory used on a studio light that helps intensify the light and give it more of a focal point.

This is a metal or plastic tube that fits over a studio light to help control the direction of a very small and narrow beam of light.

This is a device used on a studio light where light passes through multiple layers of diffusion material to create soft even light.

This is the name for a studio light that is self contained and has its own power source built in and its own operation dials. These are the types of lights we have here in the studio.

This is a gleam of reflected light within a photograph. It is usually found in an eye.

This is the remapping of an images tonality. It is a way to emphasize colors and other elements in an image in a unique way. It uses a visual graph that you drag and alter a line.

This is a tool in editing software that allows you to move along a horizontal line to change the histogram and tones within your image.

This is a lighting tool that is used to create diffused even lighting that wraps around your subject and attempts to create minimal shadows.

This is a shooting technique (that was taken from specific film cameras) where you change the natural depth of field within an image, therefore altering the perspective. It gives the illusion that the scene is miniature, due to the abnormal depth of field.

This is a physical image that is created by using the collodion process but on metal instead of photo paper.

This is an emulsion lift process. By placing this object in water first and allowing the film to lift from the plastic, you can then place the ink on paper, creating a unique piece of art.

This is a process where a copper plate is etched with a negative image and then used in a paper press to create positive prints.

This is an alternative process that was used in the 20th century as a low-cost way to produce copies of drawings.

This is a process where negative transparencies are placed directly on leaves and then left out in the sun to be bleached, which results in a positive image on the plant.

A type of photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion.

A type of shot that is devoid of camera movement. Also known as a locked-off shot, or an immobile shot. It is the opposite of a dynamic shot.

This is a compositional device used in photography to attract your eye to a focal point. In photographs, it is influenced by a number of factors, which you can use to strengthen the focal point and create balance in your image.

When talking about photography, specifically post-processing and image editing, this term refers to the process of converting a digital image file into a viewable format on a viewing device. This also refers to when images are finally viewable on the LCD screen.

There are 6 different ways an artist can create this within a 2-dimensional surface. This helps make a flat piece of art, feel more 3-dimensional.

This is when half of the face is lit and the other side is completely dark. This lighting ratio is known as 2:1.

This is a lighting pattern that has a defined triangle of light on the darker side of the subjects face.

This is a light pattern where the subject is lit at a 45 degree angle and there is a small shadow on either side of the nose below the corner of the nostrils.

This is a lighting pattern, where the main light is placed above the camera and above the subject and it creates a shadow directly underneath the nose.

This is a term used to describe when the side of the face that is closest to the camera is the brightest.

This is a term used to describe when the side of the face that is farthest to the camera is the brightest.

This is the first completely abstract kind of photograph, composed of kaleidoscopic repetitions of forms achieved by photographing objects through a triangular arrangement of three mirrors.

The process of capturing digitized images of objects for the purpose of creating printable art using a flatbed "photo" scanner.

A photographic process that prioritizes studying. It prioritizes “collecting” rather than stand-alone images. It's a powerful method of photography that can be used to reshape the way we perceive the world around us.

This is a label for a group of photographers who came to prominence in the 1970s and brought a new perspective to landscape photography that focused on objective documentation of locations. This style of photography emphasized the relationship between man and nature through the documentation of industrial intrusions on land and scenes of suburban sprawl, motels, and parking lots.

This is a technique for photographing the sun’s path through the sky by using a camera to expose the photographic paper for anywhere from a few hours to over a year.

When talking about photography this term refers to the unit of measurement of color temperature.

This simply involves the blocking of unwanted natural light to create a natural three-dimensional quality to the lighting of people outside. The tools used to block unwanted light are called gobos or flags.

In photography, this refers to the comparison of the key light (the main source of light from which shadows fall from) to the fill light (the light that fills in the shadow areas).

This is a set of data that describes the properties of a color space, the range of colors (gamut) that a monitor can display or a printer can output. You are able to install these into Photoshop, to help you print with accuracy.

This is defined as a type of lighting that produces minimal contrast in the scene, which means there is no, or very little, contrast between the highlights and shadows. It is known as a 1:1 ratio.

This is a term that describes the "bad habit" of constantly checking your LCD screen, immediately after every exposure. It tends to give off the impression that you are not confident in your photo taking skills. The term is jokingly derived from the noises that photographers often make when they see a shot they like on the back of the camera (oooh ohh).

This is a nickname given to a popular prime lens (in the photography community) that is usually inexpensive and has a wide aperture. This lens is the closest you can get to the human eye, which means low amounts of distortion.

This is a corny nickname given to people who take pictures for a hobby or a living.

This is a term that is used for a messy Photoshop project that is unorganized, messy and has no proper names for layers.

This term describes a photo that is lacking contrast, lacking luminance, lacking saturation, and overall looks lifeless. A lack of contrast could be caused by any number of factors. Poor exposure, poor processing, or poor printing.

These are little round grey or black dots that appear in your image due to a dirty lens or dirty sensor. This happens during times of transition, like when the photographer switches lenses or lingers to put the body cap back on after taking a lens off.

This happens when you have areas with no information in your photo. When an area has no information, it is either pure white (highlights) or pure black (shadows). Photographers often refer to these as "blown out" areas.

When using strobe lights in the studio, this is responsible for exposing the details of a subject that fall into the shadows of the main light. It is the secondary light in a traditional lighting setup. It is typically positioned opposite of the main light to literally add light in the shadows that the main light creates.

When using strobe lights in the studio, this is the light that is considered the "primary" light and is responsible for creating the main shape on the face and also responsible for the brightest parts of the image. The purpose of this light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject.

This is the process of connecting your camera to a computer, tablet, or even a smartphone using either a cable or wireless app. After a successful connection between the devices, any new image captured by the camera is then passed directly to the computer and saved in a pre-designated folder.

The human eye can see wavelengths from about 400nm-700nm (from purple to red); this is a type of photography that allows us to see light beyond 700 nanometers. This can be done with either special film, or a special digital camera.

This type of photography is simply the blending of two or more images to create one final image. While this definition makes compositing sound quick and easy, it's anything but, oftentimes requiring several hours of photography and Photoshop work, to complete a final piece.

This is a type of photography that involves photography individuals and families with the intention to capture real-life events or milestones in an authentic and artistic way. The primary goal is to tell stories about people's lives or to inspire people in different times.

If you are going on an adventure to find old and abandoned buildings and locations, in order to take photos, what type of photography are you doing?

This is a type of photography where you are exclusively documenting celestial events, moons, starts, the sun, planets etc...

This is an attachment that you can use on a lens that will help reduce the intensity of light (wavelengths) from entering your camera. It is a tool that would allow you to use long shutter speeds during a bright sunny day.

This is a lens attachment that helps reduce the glare off of reflective surfaces like windows, water, and glass. It helps improve the quality, contrast, and richness of your photos.

This is a distortion that comes from a lens. It causes unwanted colors along the edges of objects where there is contrast.

This is a type of camera that is not considered a DSLR camera. The benefits of using this camera include, smaller cameras, lighter cameras, and the ability to see your image before taking it with the electronic viewfinder.

This is a unique and custom design (or logo) that is placed over an image or piece of art in order to prevent copyright infringement or to show who created the art.

This is a type of lighting where the studio lights are placed over and under the subjects face, to create a glamour/fashion type of light.

This is a type of lighting where the lights are placed behind the subject, coming in at an angle to create a strip of shadow down the center of the face.

This is a style of lighting that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. The images are usually lighter and brighter, with very minimal shadows or dark tones.

This is a style of lighting that is necessary in creating a chiaroscuro effect. There is an emphasis on dark shadows and blacks in the image with only a small area illuminated.

This type of lighting has a light source that appears small in relation to the subject and casts a sharp shadow. This can be a small light up close or a big light far away. The majority of the image falls into a shadow, with only a small part bright.

This is an optimal effect that happens as you start to close down your aperture. Meaning as the aperture gets smaller, light waves spread out and interfere with one another increasingly more, causing the photo to blur.

This is a special monitor that produces rich colors and are typically used for their high-quality color reproduction of colors.

This special tool is used on cameras to help get a wider than usual aspect ratio, while still preventing Barrel or Pincushion distortion. This look is very cinematic.

This acronym describes a person that is all about buying the best of the best equipment but doesn't know how to take good photos.

These are changes or smooth transitions of color from one to another, within an image.

A digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focus distances & focal points, to give a sharper image with greater depth of field.

This a method of estimating the correct daylight exposure without a light meter. You start with f/16 and your ISO and Shutter Speed should be the same.

This describes any non-traditional way to process photography prints

This was made famous by Henri Cartier Bresson and it is described as waiting for the exact time for something special to happen.

This is a saying when you set your camera in burst mode, with a fast shutter speed and shoot several photos per second

These are usually made up of plastic, have light leaks, and create imperfect photos.

Without pre-conceptualization, a photograph can be seen as having this.

Also known as pseudo-solarisation, is when an image is part negative and part positive, for a unique look.

This is a type of photography that emphasizes beauty of the subject matter, tonality, and composition, while lacking deep meaning.

This is a type of photography (and camera) that is so fast that is actually records so many frames per second that you can see the smallest movement in slow motion, such as light hitting objects.

This is a type of camera and a style of photography that uses quirky plastic cameras and has its own aesthetic similar to pop art.

This is where you use a handheld light meter to measure the amount of light falling on a subject. It is not affected by the brightness or tonality of the subject itself and therefore will give you a more accurate reading.

This measures the intensity of light reflecting off of a subject. The light hits your subject, bounces off of, and then is measured as it hits the reflective light meter in your camera.

This is a developing technique that increases the effective sensitivity of the film being processed by allowing it to develop in the chemicals longer.

When you set your camera to have a lower ISO than your film, you are _______ your film during shooting (“overexposing” is the more common term). You’re telling your camera that the film is less sensitive to light than it is, thus exposing the film to more light.

This is a photographic filter that is attached to a lens in order to cut down glare and reflections as well as darken a blue sky.

Before we could use Photoshop, this was when you would create a photographic print with a single, unified image from several different negatives

This is a phrase and technique in which the camera is pointing directly toward the main source of light.

This is a technique in which 2 colors are creating an image. 1 color creates the darks, while another creates the lights.

This is a printing process that is better than inkjet printing. This printing method uses pigment-based inks and creates higher resolution prints with sharper details and a full color spectrum.

These are light modifiers that shape and direct light, they are flexible to use and can create more focused light onto a specific area.

This is when you are closing the Aperture opening and increasing the f/stop number.

This is when you are decreasing the f/stop number and enlarging the diameter of the aperture.

This is a photographic style in which you are recording exactly what the world looks like.

This is the geometric relationship between the plane of focus, the lens plane, and the image plane of a camera when the lens plane is not parallel to the image plane. It changes the depth of field.