Photography Basic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Constructive breakdown of how a photo is created using composition and settings in order to improve and/or understand a photo.
  2. 3. Modes Pre-programmed exposure modes designed for specific situations. They can include modes such as Portrait, Landscape, Night/Low Light, etc.
  3. 8. balance: The practice of making the colors look more natural. White in particular can look blue or yellow, depending on the color temperature of light.
  4. 9. Removing outer edges of an image to improve framing and focus
  5. 11. How sensitive your camera is to light. A higher ISO will be more light sensitive and brighter photo. A lower ISO = less light sensitive and a darker photo. ISO gets its name from the International Organization for Standardization. How much light is available outside of the camera is how you decide what ISO to use.
  6. 13. Pictures of life as it happens. In candid photos of people, they are unaware that they are being photographed.
  7. 15. priority A setting usually abbreviated as A or Av. Allows the photographer to set a specific aperture or f-number, and the camera will automatically choose a shutter speed and ISO to match. Takes control away from the photographer to let the camera interpret settings.
  8. 19. How the photographer creates the photo. This will include things such as depth of field, color, contrast, rule of thirds, etc.
  9. 21. The part of the camera that opens to let light in. The f-stop or f-number is the measurement of how open or closed the aperture/hole in the lens is.
  10. 23. This is what we do not want. A photo taken without thought as to the settings, purpose, emotion, or composition.
  11. 24. triangle: Combination of aperture, ISO, and shutter speed, which determines the amount of light being let into the camera.
  12. 25. A file format that captures all the data from the sensor without compression. It offers the most flexibility for editing in post-production. It is “mixing the batter”
Down
  1. 1. Letting in too little light. Photo is dark,
  2. 4. Meter: The process by which the camera's light meter measures the light in a scene to suggest the best exposure settings
  3. 5. priority: Usually abbreviated as S or Tv. It allows the photographer to set a specific shutter speed, and the camera will automatically choose an aperture and ISO to match. Takes control away from the photographer to let the camera interpret settings.
  4. 6. of Field The range of distance in an image that appears sharp. Shallow DoF/F2.8=A person or object, Deep DoF/F22 = a landscape or large group.
  5. 7. The difference in brightness, color, or tone between image elements.
  6. 10. (Digital Single Lens Reflex) Camera- A digital camera using mirrors and removable lenses for high-quality photos
  7. 12. speed: How long the camera’s shutter is open and the sensors inside are exposed to light. High shutter speeds=Sports. Low Shutter speeds=landscape. If the wrong shutter speed is used, it will create dark and/or blurry photos.
  8. 14. of Field DoF
  9. 16. A standard, compressed image format that is ready to share but offers less editing flexibility than RAW. This is the “batter after it has been made into a cookie and baked”.
  10. 17. Letting too much light in. Photo looks too bright.
  11. 18. Tells your audience what you want them to pay attention to in your photo. A focal point is what the “red dot” is placed over to make it the most clear.
  12. 19. Light wavelengths reflecting off subjects to create mood and emotion. Words like saturation, hue, and temperature are often used to describe.
  13. 20. Mode M setting on a camera that gives the photographer the most control over the camera’s exposure settings. The settings for aperture and shutter speed must be set manually, along with the ISO, to obtain the desired exposure.
  14. 22. Often appearing as soft, circular light orbs in the blurry part of the photo.