Photography Final (copy)

viewfinder

What you look through to determine composition

Mode Dial

A dial on top the camera used to change the shooting mode of the camera.

Shutter Release

the button on a camera that is pressed to make the shutter open

Flash

A part of the camera that provides light

Lens Release Button

A button on the side of your lens. You push it to take the lens off.

Exposure

Combination of ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed

how fast the shutter opens and closes

ISO

camera's sensitivity to light

Aperture

the opening in a lens that light passes throughto control the amount of light entering the camera. It also affects the depth of field in an image.

Rule of Thirds

A composition rule that divides the screen into thirds horizontally and vertically, like a tic-tac-toe grid placed over the picture on a television set. Almost all of the important information included in every shot is located at one of the four intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines

Leading Lines

Lines on the picture plane that emphasize an element by pointing to it.

Natural Light

All light that occurs naturally

Artificial Light

Any light that is man-made

Points, Lines, and Shapes are all examples of what?

Elements of Composition

Texture, Color, and Tone are all examples of what?

Elements of Composition

Distance, Balance, Space, and Patterns are all examples of what?

Elements of Composition

still life photography

A collection of inanimate objects arranged as the subject of a composition

Architecture Photography

Photography focused on buildings

Portrait Photography

a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses.

Nature Photography

wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.

Photojournalism

Uses images to tell a news story

Lens

Tool used to bring light to a fixed point

Shutter

device which opens and closes to allow light into the camera

camera body

Main part of the camera

__________________ discovered that exposing silver compounds to light altered their appearance.

Johann Schultz

_____________________________ won the first commercially successful photographic process.

The Daguerreotype

Arab scientist __________________________ developed the camera obscura.

Alhazen

____________________ believed everyone should have access to photography and began experimenting in the kitchen.

George Eastman

Artists like ___________________________ used the camera obscura to introduce 3-D scenes onto a flat plane.

Leonardo Divinci

Sand, Insect Repellant, water, dust, drops, theft

Six risks to a camera