Lenses
Basics
Jargon
Lighting
Technical Terms
100
A lens that is longer than a normal lens and has a range of 70-300 mm.
Telephoto Lens
100
Greek word meaning light
Phos
100
Something used to block unwanted or stray light from falling onto the subject. 
Gobo
100
This is a light source that is secondary to the mail light. 
Fill Light
100
A device used to fire the camera's flash without touching the camera.
Remote Flash Trigger 
200
Lens that attempts to recreate the movements available when using a view camera.
Tilt Shift Lens
200
Greek word meaning draw
Graph
200
A translucent device used to diffuse and soften the light, could be a reflector with a translucent panel or option.
Scrim
200
This is the main light source for a photograph. 
Main Light or Key Light
200
This is what the camera uses to build the picture when it is taken. 
Megapixels
300
Lens that shows a wider field of view than a normal lens, which allows more to be in the frame.
Wide Angle Lens
300
The visible opening in the lens through which light passes to the film or the digital sensor.
Aperture
300
This occurs when the light source hits the lens directly and manifests as a hazy looking image or circles of light.
Lens Flare
300
The way the light falls on the subjects face. 
Lighting Pattern
300
A device that allows the camera to be fired without touching the camera.
Remote Trigger
400
Lens that focuses very closely on the subject allowing for 1:1 reproduction size of the object or larger.
Macro Lens
400
This has numbers that range from 100 to 3200 and determines your camera's sensitivity to light.
ISO (International Standards Organization)
400
This is when someone takes a picture of themselves.
Selfie
400
Also referred to as available light, the light that occurs in the scene without adding any flash or light modifiers. 
Ambient Light
400
A series of images at different exposures or EV.
Bracketing
500
A 50 mm lens.
Normal Lens
500
This has speeds of 1/2000th or 1/4 and can blur or freeze objects.
Shutter Speed.
500
This act of using a slow shutter speed can create a blurred background. 
Panning
500
A comparison between the intensity (brightness) of the main light and the fill light and the difference of the lit and shadow side of the subject's face. 
Lighting Ratio
500

This is expressed in your camera's sensor and builds the picture that you've taken. It generally allowed for better image quality and different resolutions, depending on the size.

Camera Resolution