The Camera
This camera part controls how much light enters the lens by opening and closing.
What is the aperture?
This is the button you press halfway to focus and all the way to take the photo.
What is the Shutter Release?
A common rule of composition that divides the frame into nine equal parts.
What is the rule of thirds?
An angle where the camera is positioned above the subject looking down.
What is a high‑angle shot?
A shot that shows a person from head to toe.
What is a long shot?
This number shows how sensitive the camera is to light.
What is ISO
Use this rotating wheel to switch between Manual, Program, and Auto modes.
What is the Mode Dial?
Lines in an image that guide the viewer’s eye toward a subject.
What are leading lines?
This angle makes the subject appear powerful or dominant.
What is a low‑angle shot?
A shot that shows a person from the waist up
What is a medium shot?
This lens type zooms in close without moving your feet.
Telephoto lens
This tiny wheel is usually turned by your thumb or index finger to change your Aperture or Shutter Speed.
What is the Command Dial?
A technique where objects in the foreground create a natural border around the subject.
What is framing?
A shot taken from the character’s point of view.
What is a POV shot?
A shot that focuses on a person’s face.
What is a close-up?
This setting controls how long the camera takes to capture an image.
What is Shutter Speed
This term relates to how bright or dark a photo appears.
What is exposure
This principle refers to balancing visual weight equally between the two halves of the composition.
What is symmetry?
A shot where the camera is tilted to create tension or unease.
What is a Dutch angle?
A wide shot used to show the setting at the start of a scene.
What is an establishing shot?
The term for the distance between the lens and the image sensor when the subject is in focus
What is focal length?
This type of lens exaggerates depth and makes objects appear farther apart than they are.
What is a wide‑angle lens?
A composition technique that uses contrast, isolation, or focus to make the subject stand out.
What is emphasis?
A shot that places the camera extremely close to a subject, often showing detail not visible to the naked eye.
What is an extreme close‑up?
A very wide shot showing landscape or environment.
What is an extreme long shot?