commonly used words and abbreviations

[nikonian2001]

This it to help out thoes who may have some questions on common photograph words that come up in the fourms. This is just a starter so add some if you think of more.

 

[nikonian2001]

Dodging – Selectively lightening part of a photo
Burning – Selectively darkening part of a photo
Aperture – controls the amount of light entering the lens and reaching the camera's sensor or film. The diameter is measured in F-stops(ie F2.8)
Shutter speed – The camera's shutter speed is a measurement of how long its shutter remains open as the picture is taken.
Fill flash – A flash technique used to brighten deep shadow areas
ISO speed – A rating of a film's or sensor's sensitivity to light.
JPEG – A standard for compressing image data
RAW – The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed.
Saturation – How rich the colors are in a photo.
RGB – Red, Green, Blue
Sharpness – The clarity of detail in a photo. How in-focus it is.
White balance – A function on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources.
Ambient light – The natural light in a scene.
Prime lens - lenses that have a fixed focal length. Mesured in mm (ie 50mm)
Zoom lens - lenses that can change there focal length.
Backlighting - Light coming from behind the subject, toward the camera lens, so that the subject stands out vividly against the background. Sometimes produces a silhouette effect.
Balance - Placement of colors, light and dark masses, or large and small objects in a picture
Bracketing - Taking additional pictures of the subject through a range of exposures-both lighter and darker-when unsure of the correct exposure. Contrasty - Higher-than-normal contrast including very bright and dark areasCropping - Printing only part of the image usually for a more pleasing composition.

 

[table1349]

All the terms you would ever want to know:

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/glossary/terms_a.htm

or

http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html

The home site with other great resources.

http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/arts-culture/photography.asp

 

[ZIN]

Dodging – Selectively lightening part of a photo
Burning – Selectively darkening part of a photo
Aperture – controls the amount of light entering the lens and reaching the camera's sensor or film. The diameter is measured in F-stops(ie F2.8)
Shutter speed – The camera's shutter speed is a measurement of how long its shutter remains open as the picture is taken.
Fill flash – A flash technique used to brighten deep shadow areas
ISO speed – A rating of a film's or sensor's sensitivity to light.
JPEG – A standard for compressing image data
RAW – The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed.
Saturation – How rich the colors are in a photo.
RGB – Red, Green, Blue
Sharpness – The clarity of detail in a photo. How in-focus it is.
White balance – A function on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources.
Ambient light – The natural light in a scene.
Prime lens - lenses that have a fixed focal length. Mesured in mm (ie 50mm)
Zoom lens - lenses that can change there focal length.
Backlighting - Light coming from behind the subject, toward the camera lens, so that the subject stands out vividly against the background. Sometimes produces a silhouette effect.
Balance - Placement of colors, light and dark masses, or large and small objects in a picture
Bracketing - Taking additional pictures of the subject through a range of exposures-both lighter and darker-when unsure of the correct exposure. Contrasty - Higher-than-normal contrast including very bright and dark areasCropping - Printing only part of the image usually for a more pleasing composition.

That comes in very handy ...thank you very much