Camera Vocabulary
The amount of light let into the camera
What is aperture?
Holding the shutter down half way
What is focuses the camera?
Point and Shoot mode-No particular creative goal; Flash pops up automatically;
What is Auto Mode?
When you divide up the shot into multiple parts
What is the rule of thirds?
A tripod is recommended
What is shooting in darker settings?
Shallow depth of field (Helps blur out background) Flash pops up automatically if necessary
the overall brightness or darkness of a photograph. More specifically, it's the amount of light that reaches the film or camera sensor when a picture is being taken. The more you expose the film or camera sensor to light, the lighter your photo will be. The less light, the darker your photo will be.
is a mode on some cameras that allows the user to set a specific aperture value while the camera selects a shutter speed to match it that will result in proper exposure based on the lighting conditions as measured by the camera's light meter.
What is Aperture Priority (A or AV mode)
Great depth of field (Helps keep everything in focus) Flash will not fire
What is Landscape Mode?
This regulates the amount of light that can pass through a lens at a given shutter speed.
What is F-stop or Focal Stop?
your camera's sensitivity to light as it pertains to either film or a digital sensor. A lower value means less sensitivity to light, while a higher means more sensitivity.
What is ISO?
Shallow to medium depth of field (Helps keep main subject in focus but blurs the background) Flash pops up automatically if necessary.
What is Macro Mode?
the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes
Shutter Speed
This helps to avoid darkness while shooting.
What is the flash.
Faster shutter speeds (Helps freeze action shots) Flash will not fire
What is Sports Mode?