How Photography Works
Taking Pictures
Kinds of Pictures
Photoshop
MISC.
100
This device, measured in f-stops, helps control how much light enters the camera.
What is the aperture?
100
The company that produced the first camera to create "instant" photos.
What is Polaroid?
100
A measure of the number of pixels there are on a sensor.
What is resolution?
100
You press these keys to increase or decrease the size of your paint brush or eraser.
What are the bracket keys?
100
A technique that puts multiple photos together to create a wider angle of view.
What is a panorama?
200
Depending on its speed, this device can either let in a little or a large amount of light.
What is the shutter?
200
This small, easy-to-use camera, made photography popular among average citizens beginning in 1900.
What is the Brownie?
200
Known as RGB, it's the three colors that make up all electronic images.
What are Red, Green, and Blue?
200
You do this to activate a layer in Photoshop
What is click on the layer?
200
You would use this aperture to get the foreground, subject, and background all in focus. f:4 f:8 f:22
What is f:22
300
A device used to measure the amount of light. It is used to determine the proper exposure for a photograph.
What is a light meter?
300
In 2004, this famous photo company quit making film cameras due to the popularity of digital photography.
What is Kodak?
300
To change the size of a selection, you press these keys.
What command T?
300
To add text to your photo or layout, you press this in the toolbar.
What is T?
300
If you photograph is too dark on the LCD screen, you can open this to let in more light.
What is your aperture?
400
A mounting point on the top of a camera to attach a flash unit and other compatible accessories.
What is a "Hot Shoe"?
400
This software, invented in 1990 by Adobe, is the most popular and widely-used digital imaging program.
What is Photoshop?
400
When the edges of an image are either darkened, or lightened, in relation to the rest of the photo. It has the effect of drawing the viewer "into" the photo.
What is a vignette?
400
The features, found on Point-and-Shoot cameras, allow the user to adjust for different shooting scenarios.
What are "Dummy Settings"?
400
If your photograph is too dark on the LCD screen, you can raise this to make your sensor more sensitive to light.
What is ISO?
500
The standard focal length of a "kit" lense.
What is 18-55mm?
500
This government agency paved the way for digital photography by inventing digital imaging in the 1960s.
What is NASA?
500
A feature on digital cameras that allows the user to adjust how sensitive to light the image sensor is. Too much, and your image will look grainy.
What is the ISO setting?
500
It's the most common file format used in digital photography.
What is .JPG?
500
If your action shot is too blurry, you need to raise this camera control.
What is shutter speed?
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