Composition techniques
A close-up photo uses this composition technique.
Fill the frame
Llena el marco
By lightly pressing this, you can check your exposure on the LCD screen.
The shutter button
El botón del obturador
This tool allows you to select objects.
The selection tool
La herramienta de selección
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel have this type of relationship.
Complementary
Complementaria
Robert Oppenheimer led this highly classified project during World War II in the hopes that it would end the war quickly for the Allies.
The Manhattan Project
El proyecto Manhattan
When you use a grid to line up your subject, you're using this technique.
The Rule of Thirds
La regla de los tercios
The aperture is contained within this part of the camera.
The lens
la lente
This tool allows you to freely draw shapes.
Paintbrush tool
herramienta pincel
This type of color relationship describes colors that are next to each other on a color wheel.
Analogous
Análoga
Bakers often use this method to heat their pie crusts before adding filling to prevent moisture from breaking the crust down.
Par-bake or blind bake
Horneado parcial o a ciegas
When an object or objects lead your eyes into the photo, you're using this technique.
Lead-in lines
Líneas de entrada
This part of the camera allows you to quickly change your settings.
The main dial
El dial principal
Illustrator files have this file type by default; we usually convert them to PNG when we are done.
.ai
This type of color wheel consists of the primary colors, secondary colors, and the colors they make together.
Tertiary
Terciaria
The slope of a particle's position versus time graph gives you this quantity.
The velocity of the particle
La velocidad de la partícula.
This technique requires you to make sure that there is nothing distracting behind your main subject.
Watch the background
Mira el fondo
The marker on your camera's exposure indicator must be underneath this for your photo to be properly exposed.
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This tool allows you to select individual anchor points and move them.
The direct selection tool
La herramienta de selección directa
This color wheel consists of only colors that cannot be made using other colors.
Primary
Primaria
In this classic play, the death of Mercutio in act three swings the tone from comedy to tragedy.
Romeo and Juliet
When using this technique, you're looking for repeating colors or shapes.
Patterns/symmetry
Patrones/simetría
To quickly change your F-number in manual mode, press and hold this button first.
Av button
botón AV
If you want to combine multiple shapes into one, you can use this tool.
Shape builder
Constructor de formas
The first one of these was developed in 1666 by Isaac Newton after experimenting with light and prisms.
Color wheel
Rueda de color
This term describes the lengthening of light wavelengths, which is often used to determine how quickly other galaxies are moving away from ours.
Red-shifted
Desplazado rojo