BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY TERMS

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Across
  1. 4. The movable curtain, plate or other cover that opens and closes in order to control the amount of time that light enters the camera and strikes a digital sensor or film.
  2. 5. The brightness range of the subject or the scene lighting.
  3. 9. A photographic composition of inanimate objects composed of subject matter and supporting elements that reflect a certain unifying idea or theme (2 WORDS).
  4. 12. The part of a camera, either built-in or added interchangeably, that gathers light rays from a scene and focuses the image sharply onto a camera’s film or digital sensor.
  5. 13. The opening in a lens that controls the amount of light that passes into a camera. autofocus A lens feature that automatically focuses on the subject or scene.
  6. 14. Various positions of camera placement relative to the subject's position. i.e. high, low, left, right, eye level, waist level, ground level, etc. (2 WORDS)
  7. 16. To use only a part of a photographic image by cutting out the portion not wanted.
  8. 17. Red, blue and green (2 WORDS).
  9. 20. The range of acceptably sharp focus between the nearest and the farthest objects in a photograph (3 WORDS).
  10. 24. The dark areas of an image.
  11. 26. A printed photograph that's larger than the original image size.
  12. 28. A three-legged supporting stand used to hold a camera steady.
  13. 29. The way light is used.
  14. 30. Pixel variations that cause color distortion, most visible in photographs shot at high ISO numbers.
Down
  1. 1. A hard copy of a photograph.
  2. 2. The total amount of light allowed through a lens and onto a camera’s sensor
  3. 3. The ratio between the diameter of the aperture opening and the focal length of the lens
  4. 4. A soft, rather than hard and sharp, rendition of the edges and overall imagery in a photograph (2 WORDS).
  5. 6. A window, built-in to a camera, that allows a photographer to frame and focus an image scene before taking the photograph.
  6. 7. The photographer's visual arrangement of the subject and surrounding elements in a photograph as seen through the viewfinder.
  7. 8. A photograph or image made up of black, white and gray tones (3 WORDS).
  8. 10. The energy that makes photography possible. Light rays travel in straight lines.
  9. 11. The spatial relationships and relative sizes of objects in a photograph.
  10. 15. The distance from the optical center of a lens to the sharp image behind the lens that is formed on the sensor when the lens is focused on infinity (2 WORDS).
  11. 18. The part of a scene that appears behind the main subject of the photograph and farthest away from the camera or viewer.
  12. 19. A photograph taken with a camera held close to the subject.
  13. 21. A condition in a digital photograph where individual pixels become clearly visible.
  14. 22. The part of the scene or space in a photograph that appears closest to the camera or nearest the viewer.
  15. 23. A lens function that brings a scene or image into sharpness through the movement of optical lens elements inside the barrel of a lens.
  16. 25. The place or environment viewed from camera position.
  17. 27. A million pixels.