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1. Photographic Terminology
Nicole Alex Fletcher

2. Shutter speed
Shutter speed is the speed the shutter opens
and closes on the camera.

3. Shutter Speed
Fast shutter speed
Slow shutter speed

4. Iso
• ISO is the sensitivity of your sensor to light.
• The effect ISO has on images is how sensitive
it is to light.

5. ISO

6. Aperture & Depth of Field
• An aperture of f/2.8 is wide, while an aperture
of f/22 is small. Focusing distance plays a part
on the overall effect, with wide apertures
offering considerably more depth of field
when focused on a subject far away than they
do when focused on a subject that's close to
the lens.

7. Aperture & Depth of Field

8. Manual Exposure
• you can change either aperture or shutter
speed, or both. Once the camera is in the
manual exposure mode, the current aperture
and shutter speed are shown on the monitor.

9. Automatic Exposure
• a standard feature on digital cameras that will
automatically determine the correct exposure
for pictures without any user input other than
to select the AE option before taking a picture.

10. Colour Balance
• In photography and image processing, colour
balance is the global adjustment of the
intensities of the colors (typically red, green,
and blue primary colors).

11. White Balance
• Is the process of removing unrealistic color
casts, so that objects which appear white in
person are rendered white in your photo.

12. Composition
• the placement or arrangement of visual
elements or ingredients in a work of art, as
distinct from the subject of a work.

13. Rule of thirds
• Is applied by aligning a subject with the guide
lines and their intersection points, placing the
horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing
linear features in the image to flow from
section to section.

14. Examples of Rule of thirds

15. Analogous Colours
• It uses colours that are next to each other on
the colour wheel. They usually match well and
create serene and comfortable designs. The
schemes are often found in nature and are
harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

16. Complementary colours
• That accent each other and make your
photographs more appealing, you have to
study the color wheel and choose colors
opposite from one another. For example, red
and purple is the compliment of yellow and
green, and orange and red is the compliment
of blue and green.

17. Macro
• Macro photography is photography producing
photographs of small items larger than life
size.