PHOTOGRAPHY TERMS

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Across
  1. 5. Used to help bring your eye to the focal point. Emphasis can be created through positioning, focus, depth of field, and framing the subject matter.
  2. 6. In-direct lighting.
  3. 7. Used in photographs to move your eye around the image, lead your eye to the focal point, create texture, pattern, and emphasis.
  4. 8. A part of a lens that controls the amount of light that enters the camera and as a result, the depth of field.
  5. 9. lighting from just one direction to create contrast and drama.
  6. 12. a camera setting corresponding to a particular f-number, which is determined by the ratio of focal length to the aperture diameter. The f-number represents the aperture setting.
  7. 15. Guiding principles to help create successful photographs. Includes the rule of thirds, balancing elements, leading lines, viewpoint, inclusion and exclusion.
  8. 22. The building blocks of a work of art. The visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value.
  9. 23. Used in photographs to create emphasis, variety, and interest.
Down
  1. 1. A form of journalism that involves using photographs as a source for news media through publication or broadcast.
  2. 2. In photography, the length of time for which a shutter is open at a given setting.
  3. 3. In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work of art. The term composition means 'putting together' and can apply to any work of art, from music to writing to photography, that is arranged using conscious thought.
  4. 4. available light, before any other light sources are added, typically natural light.
  5. 5. Successful photos rely on order, and the main elements that bring and emphasize order in a photograph’s composition are line, color, shape, contrast, emphasis, texture, and space.
  6. 10. Can change the lightness and darkness of a photograph while capturing it. Low ISO numbers mean the image will be darker and crisper, high ISO numbers mean the image will be bright but grainier.
  7. 11. Used in photographs to create pattern, repetition, unity, and variety. Distinguishing shapes are shapes that are isolated and as a result, emphasized. Overlapping shapes creates repetition and a sense of unity in the photograph.
  8. 13. Full control over the digital camera settings. You can change the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO without the camera trying to interfere with the settings.
  9. 14. describe the ways that artists use the elements of art in a work of art. Includes: balance, emphasis, movement, proportion, repetition, pattern, rhythm, contrast, unity, and variety.
  10. 16. Used in photography to help different subjects stand out from each other, create unity and variety and add interest.
  11. 17. the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.
  12. 18. Placing the focal point of the photograph in one of the third sections rather than directly in the center.
  13. 19. The arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece to create visual interest, excitement and drama.
  14. 20. photography: a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses.
  15. 21. Used in photography to create a sense of depth, frame the subject matter, and help define the focal point.