The camera uses this card to store pictures

Random coloured pixels that appear in dark or shadow areas when the light levels are below the camera's sensitivity range. Noise is also often seen from scans made using a scanner that doesn't have a wide enough dynamic range.

Area behind the subject of matter in a picture

The small window in the camera that you look through when taking a picture

A picture presenting a continuous view of the landscape, produced either by using a panoramic camera or from a composite of several images

The range of brightness, from lightest to darkest, in an image. A high-contrast image will have very bright highlights and very dark shadows.

When the straight lines of an image appear to be deformed or curved unnaturally.

The amount of light that reaches your camera's sensor, creating visual data over a period of time

The Viewfinder is the eyepiece on a camera that you hold close to your eye, to allow you to see what's being photographed. There are two types of viewfinders – optical, and digital.

A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting 1/1000 to 1/200 of a second) at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene

In digital photography, resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image. The higher the resolution, and the richer the pixel count, the more detail and definition you will see

The amount of light that reaches your camera's sensor, creating visual data over a period of time

Key light is the primary light source for your scene. The strength, color, and angle of your key light is a determining factor to a cinematographer's lighting design. The key light is most often placed in front of your subject, at an angle, and thus illuminates one section of your subject.

A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting 1/1000 to 1/200 of a second) at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene

Memory cards are literally just miniature digital data storage devices. These cards house non-volatile flash storage within them, which simply means that they can retain stored information or data even after they're unplugged - i.e., removed from a camera

The spectrum of yellow, orange, and red tones in an image.

The line of events within the computer or peripheral

A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting 1/1000 to 1/200 of a second) at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene

Changes or transitions in a characteristic or quality of a part of an image e.g. its lightness, texture, density either within an area of the image or between one area and another.

The pure color, or the visible spectrum of basic colors that can be seen in a rainbow.

An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.

A Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file is a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller. JPEG files are some of the most popular and widely used image formats in the world.

The pure color, or the visible spectrum of basic colors that can be seen in a rainbow

A lens is a tool used to bring light to a fixed focal point. In a film camera, the lens sends the light to the film strip, while in a digital camera (like DSLRs or mirrorless cameras), the lens directs light to a digital sensor

To change an image into its negative; black becomes white, white becomes black, dark gray becomes light gray, and so forth. Colours are also changed to the complementary color; green becomes magenta, blue turns to yellow, and red is changed to cyan.

Resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image. The higher the resolution, and the richer the pixel count, the more detail and definition you will see.

Saturation describes the intensity of the color. And lightness refers to how light or dark the color is. A grayscale or black-and-white photo has no color saturation, while a full-color photo of a field of sunlit wildflowers might be extremely saturated

A round hole in the front of the camera lens which controls the amount of light allowed to pass on to the film. It is generally written as numbers such as 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 and 16

The amount of light that reaches your camera's sensor, creating visual data over a period of time

A Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file is a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller. JPEG files are some of the most popular and widely used image formats in the world.

The primary light source for your scene. The strength, color, and angle of your key light is a determining factor to a cinematographer's lighting design. The key light is most often placed in front of your subject, at an angle, and thus illuminates one section of your subject.

A tool used to bring light to a fixed focal point. In a film camera, the lens sends the light to the film strip, while in a digital camera (like DSLRs or mirrorless cameras), the lens directs light to a digital sensor

Refers to the levels of brightness in the photograph, from solid black to pure white. Shadows are dark tones; highlights are bright tones. The majority of nature photographs display a wide range of tones, from black or near black to white or near white.

Ultraviolet photography is a photographic process of recording images by using radiation from the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum only. Images taken with ultraviolet radiation serve a number of scientific, medical or artistic purposes. Images may reveal deterioration of art works or structures not apparent under light.

Is the color formed by mixing red and green light. Yellow is complementary to blue, and is one of the three colors used in subtractive color synthesis.

A lens is a tool used to bring light to a fixed focal point. In a film camera, the lens sends the light to the film strip, while in a digital camera (like DSLRs or mirrorless cameras), the lens directs light to a digital sensor.

Refers to the levels of brightness in the photograph, from solid black to pure white. Shadows are dark tones; highlights are bright tones. The majority of nature photographs display a wide range of tones, from black or near black to white or near white.

A Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file is a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller. JPEG files are some of the most popular and widely used image formats in the world.

Memory cards are literally just miniature digital data storage devices. These cards house non-volatile flash storage within them, which simply means that they can retain stored information or data even after they're unplugged - i.e., removed from a camera.

The Viewfinder is the eyepiece on a camera that you hold close to your eye, to allow you to see what's being photographed. There are two types of viewfinders – optical, and digital.

Random variation in the image signal. Noise can be caused by a number of factors, including poor lighting conditions, high ISO settings, long exposure times, and heat.

The spectrum of yellow, orange, and red tones in an image.

The Viewfinder is the eyepiece on a camera that you hold close to your eye, to allow you to see what's being photographed. There are two types of viewfinders – optical, and digital.

An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.

Changes or transitions in a characteristic or quality of a part of an image e.g. its lightness, texture, density either within an area of the image or between one area and another.

Any lens that can vary its focal length, (and its angle of view) by physically moving the various optics in the lens design.

Refers to the levels of brightness in the photograph, from solid black to pure white. Shadows are dark tones; highlights are bright tones. The majority of nature photographs display a wide range of tones, from black or near black to white or near white.

An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.

The line of events within the computer or peripheral.

Saturation describes the intensity of the color. And lightness refers to how light or dark the color is. A grayscale or black-and-white photo has no color saturation, while a full-color photo of a field of sunlit wildflowers might be extremely saturated.

A photographic technique in which X-rays are used that may reveal internal detail (e.g. of a fossil) which is not visible externally. The technique has the advantage that it is non-destructive.

An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.

Resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image. The higher the resolution, and the richer the pixel count, the more detail and definition you will see.

Key light is the primary light source for your scene. The strength, color, and angle of your key light is a determining factor to a cinematographer's lighting design. The key light is most often placed in front of your subject, at an angle, and thus illuminates one section of your subject.

The eyepiece on a camera that you hold close to your eye, to allow you to see what's being photographed.

Refers to the levels of brightness in the photograph, from solid black to pure white. Shadows are dark tones; highlights are bright tones. The majority of nature photographs display a wide range of tones, from black or near black to white or near white.

Describes the intensity of the color. And lightness refers to how light or dark the color is. A grayscale or black-and-white photo has no color saturation, while a full-color photo of a field of sunlit wildflowers might be extremely saturated.

Refers to the levels of brightness in the photograph, from solid black to pure white. Shadows are dark tones; highlights are bright tones. The majority of nature photographs display a wide range of tones, from black or near black to white or near white.

Describes the intensity of the color. And lightness refers to how light or dark the color is. A grayscale or black-and-white photo has no color saturation, while a full-color photo of a field of sunlit wildflowers might be extremely saturated.

Is the color formed by mixing red and green light. Yellow is complementary to blue, and is one of the three colors used in subtractive color synthesis.

The pure color, or the visible spectrum of basic colors that can be seen in a rainbow.

The spectrum of yellow, orange, and red tones in an image.

A photographic process of recording images by using radiation from the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum only. Images taken with ultraviolet radiation serve a number of scientific, medical or artistic purposes. Images may reveal deterioration of art works or structures not apparent under light.

The spectrum of yellow, orange, and red tones in an image.

A photographic technique in which X-rays are used that may reveal internal detail (e.g. of a fossil) which is not visible externally. The technique has the advantage that it is non-destructive.

The amount of light that reaches your camera's sensor, creating visual data over a period of time

Any lens that can vary its focal length, (and its angle of view) by physically moving the various optics in the lens design.

A photographic technique in which X-rays are used that may reveal internal detail (e.g. of a fossil) which is not visible externally. The technique has the advantage that it is non-destructive.

An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high. The resulting images take the form of a wide strip.

The color formed by mixing red and green light. Yellow is complementary to blue, and is one of the three colors used in subtractive color synthesis.

A lens is a tool used to bring light to a fixed focal point. In a film camera, the lens sends the light to the film strip, while in a digital camera (like DSLRs or mirrorless cameras), the lens directs light to a digital sensor.

Changes or transitions in a characteristic or quality of a part of an image e.g. its lightness, texture, density either within an area of the image or between one area and another.

Any lens that can vary its focal length, (and its angle of view) by physically moving the various optics in the lens design.

To change an image into its negative; black becomes white, white becomes black, dark gray becomes light gray, and so forth. Colours are also changed to the complementary color; green becomes magenta, blue turns to yellow, and red is changed to cyan.

The amount of light that reaches your camera's sensor, creating visual data over a period of time