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| The amount of light let into a camera through a lens. The lower the aperture number, the less will be in focus. |
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| How quickly/slowly the camera shutter closes when you take a photo. The quicker the shutter speed the darker the photo. |
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| Camera's sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the lighter the photo, but the more noise the photo will have. |
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| term describing aperture. A larger depth of field means more is in focus; a shallow depth of field refers to less of the image being in focus. |
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| length of a lens. Longer focal length=more zoomed in. |
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| Off camera flash. Any flash that has to be put on the camera or set up in another area. |
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| Zoom lenses zoom in, but primes do not. Primes often have the opportunity for more shallow depth of field. |
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| file format. RAW files are not images, but the set of data that makes up the photo. RAW files have a larger range of editing capabilities but are larger files and must be converted. |
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| Typical file format for photos. Smaller than RAW files, but less editing capability. |
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| orbs of light formed in out of focus images. Used for an artistic effect[image] |
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| The amount of light in an image. Controlled by aperture and shutter speed but can also be adjusted in camera. |
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| Your camera chooses your aperture and shutter speed on its own. |
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| Your camera chooses the shutter speed and ISO; you choose the aperture setting |
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| The camera will choose the aperture and ISO for you; you choose the shutter speed. |
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| Used for bouncing light (can be used with or without flash) |
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, professional scene painter, in 1835, discovered that images formed on a plate of silver could be ”developed” using mercury vapor.
Allows exposure time to decrease from 8 hours to 30 minutes. |
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| dark room or box with a pinhole of light. Allowed for the projection of images. |
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Taking two images of the same subject, using two lenses placed 2.5 inches apart.
Uses two eye pieces to view, giving an illusion of three dimensions |
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