This document discusses various photographic terminology including shutter speed, ISO, aperture, depth of field, exposure, color balance, white balance, composition, the rule of thirds, analogous colors, and complementary colors. Shutter speed determines the length of time the sensor is exposed to light, affecting motion blur. ISO measures the camera's light sensitivity, with higher numbers allowing faster shutter speeds in dark situations. Aperture and depth of field relate to the range of what is in focus. Exposure can be manual or automatic depending on camera settings. Composition refers to how the elements in an image are arranged. The rule of thirds provides a guideline for effective composition. Analogous and complementary colors are used to describe relationships between hues.

1. Photographic terminology
Lauren Shaw

2. Shutter speed.
• What is shutter speed?
The time in which the shutter is open at a given
setting.
What effect does it have on your images?
Slow shutter speed can achieve a motion blur
for moving objects. shutter speed or exposure
time is the length of time when the film or
digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to
light.

3. Fast and slow shutter speed
Fast shutter speed
Slow shutter speed

4. ISO
• In Digital Photography ISO measures the
sensitivity of the image sensor. The same
principles apply as in film photography – the
lower the number the less sensitive your
camera is to light and the finer the grain.
Higher ISO settings are generally used in
darker situations to get faster shutter speeds.

5. High and low ISO
Low ISO
High ISO

6. Aperture & Depth of field

7. Manual exposure
• For most cameras this means using an on-
board TTL exposure meter. Aperture priority
mode gives the photographer manual control
of the aperture

8. Automatic exposure
• gives the photographer manual control of the
aperture, whilst the camera automatically
adjusts the shutter speed to achieve the
exposure specified by the TTL meter.

9. Colour balance
• Formal balance can be defined as symmetrical
balance. frame the shot so that one or more
identical or similar subjects are repeated
symmetrical on each sides of a given point.

10. White balance
White balance is the process of removing unrealistic
colour casts, so that objects which appear white in
person are rendered white in your photo.

11. Composition
• the nature of something's ingredients or
constituents; the way in which a whole or
mixture is made up.

12. Rule of Thirds
The 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.

13. Analogous colours
• Analogous colors are groups of three colors
that are next to each other on the color
wheel, with one being the dominant color,
which tends to be a primary or secondary
color, and a tertiary. Red, orange, and red-
orange are examples.

14. Complementary colours
a colour that combined with a
given colour makes white or black.

15. Macrorelating to macrophotography.
"your lens has a macro setting for
shooting big close-ups"