Photography Final Study Guide
Mrs. Daniels
Things you need to know:
ISO(International Organization of Standardization): Standard numbers that indicate film speed. The standard ISO setting for digital cameras is 100.
F-Stop: The iris opens and closes at specific settings called f-stops, which work in conjunction with the camera’s shutter to allow the correct amount of light to create a proper exposure.
Camera Vocabulary:
Aperature Ring: Manual lens on a camera which controls the size of the aperature.
Aperature: The size of the lens opening.Film Speed: The rate at which film reacts with light.
Focal Length: Refers to the distance that light travels between entering the lens and arriving to the film
Fixed Lens: Lens that is permanently attached to a camera.
Focal Point: Point where all rays of light from a single object merge, which causes the object to be in focus.
Focusing Ring: The ring on a lens that moves back and forth that help focus the image.
Point of Interest: The object in a photo that attracts the most attention.
Shutter: device that uncovers a single frame of film for a specified time so that light may pass and produce an image.
Shutter Release: Button that releases the shutter on a camera.
Shutter Speed: The time that the shutter remains open. Ex. 1/25
View Finder: The camera’s window.
Overlay: Filter that can be layered over a digital image.
Visual Elements: All the basic components of an image.
Visual Harmony: Any visual repeating element in a photo.
Zoom Lens: Any lens of a variable focal length.
Contrast: The range of values in a photograph or subject.
Dynamic Balance: A composition where the visual elements are arranged to produce a sense of harmony and motion.
Photoshop:
Layers: In expert mode, adding layers allows you to work in stages which gives you the ability to delete mistakes or a feature you don’t like.
Lasso tool: (ex. Manual lasso, magnetic lasso, polygonal lasso) Tool that allows you to capture part of a picture and remove it completely or transfer it into another photo.
Gradient: the ability to add gradual transparency to a photograph. There are several different gradient options in Photoshop.
Layering mask: The ability to apply a gradient with a filter or another picture so that there is transparency in a gradient format.
Filter effects: a variety of masks that can be applied to enhance your photograph.
Opacity: Located in the top right hand corner of your workspace, the opacity feature allows you to adjust the transparency of your photograph.
As always….know your Elements and Principles of Art