Technical
In order for glass to be a lens it needs to have at least one of these.
What is curved surface.
The word composition means this.
What is "putting together"?
A type of light that cast sharp well defined shadows.
What is harsh light?
What or who the photo is about.
What is the subject?
The word "photography" literally means this.
What is light drawing?
This is the distance between the lens and the sensor/film. Affects zoom.
What is Focal Length?
As the photographer, your are in charge of everything inside of this.
What is the picture frame?
This type of lighting casts details into shadow, with mainly only the silhouette of the subject visible.
What is back lighting?
This is best focal length for portraits.
What is 50mm or higher?
"Camera Obscura" translates to this.
What is dark box/room/chamber?
In order to change the settings on my screen I need to press this button.
What is the Q button?
A tool that is a cutout frame that helps photographers see their composition before they take the photo.
What is compositional cards?
This lighting is good for highlighting the facial features and/or texture of a subject?
What is side lighting?
Taking a picture of Notre Dame cathedral would be an example of this subject.
What is Architecture?
The word that means how light is bent through water or a prism.
What is refraction?
The 3 settings that control exposure. Also called the 3 Pillars.
What is Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO.
A photograph is a projection of the 3 dimensional world on _________ plane.
What is 2 dimensional?
The ambient light supplied by the environment. Lighting you can't really control.
What is natural light?
Psychologically, we tend to assume this is the subject to the photo.
What is the person?
The amount of light used to create a photograph.
What is exposure?
This type of zoom will cause no loss in resolution.
What is optical zoom?
Because a photograph is flat, we as photographers need to think more _______ when it comes to arranging elements in the picture.
What is geometrically?
A semi-opaque material that spreads light across greater amount of surface area causing softer shadows.
What is a diffuser?
This subject focus less on recognizable things and instead on the visual elements themselves.
What is abstraction?
A lens that is thicker in the middle and gathers light together.
What is a convex lens?