The document discusses key concepts in digital photography including camera parts like the mode dial and shutter release. It covers technical settings like shutter speed which determines how long the shutter is open, and ISO which measures the camera's light sensitivity. Aperture and depth of field are also explained, which determine the distance between the nearest and furthest objects that appear in focus. Manual and automatic exposure options are described along with other important topics like color balance, white balance, composition techniques, and macro photography.

1. The parts of a digital camera

2. Mode dial
Zoom ring
Focus ring
Shutter
release
Control buttonsMain
command
dial
Viewfinder
eyepiece

3. Shutter speed
The time which a
shutter is open for
a specific setting.
So the shutter
speed is the speed
at which the
shutter opens and
closes on a
camera.

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

5. ISO
High ISO Low ISO

6. Aperture and depth of field
Depth of field, also called focus range or
effective focus range, is the distance between
the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that
appear acceptably sharp in an image.

7. Manual exposure
Manual
exposure is
essentially just
the
photographer
controlling
everything, not
just the light.

8. Automatic exposure
This to term is used
when the option
gives the
photographer
manual control of
the aperture, whilst
the camera
automatically
adjusts the shutter
speed to achieve
the exposure
specified.

9. Colour balance
In photography colour balance is the global
adjustment of the intensities of the colours.

10. White balance
The white
balance is
essentially the
colour balance
but on a digital
camera.

11. Composition
In photography composition is the placement or
arrangement of visual elements.

12. Rule of thirds
The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject
with the guide lines and their intersection
points.

13. Analogous colours
Analogous colours are groups of three colours
that are next to each other on the colour wheel
with one being the dominant colour.

14. Complementary colours
Complementary colours are pairs of colours
which when combined they produce a grey scale
colour like white so they cancel each other out.

15. Macro
Macro photography is photography which
produces photographs of small items larger than
life size.