Glossary

Glossary

• Shutter
• Aperture - Allows light into the camera like an iris, you can change it manually but it does it on auto by itself.
• ISO - International standards organisation. The lower the ISO is the less sensitive the camera is to light.
• (D)SLR - (Digital) Single lens reflex.
• Shallow DOF - A shallow depth of field is when a small part of the photograph is more in focus than the rest. For this effect you need a low aperture
• Wide DOF - A wide depth of field is when a photograph is when a large part of the photograph is more in focus than the rest, it can be that the entire photo is in focus, for this effect you need a high aperture.
• Horizontal lines - Horizontal lines imply tranquility, peace and harmony.
• Vertical lines - Vertical lines imply power and strength.
• Curved lines - Curved lines imply quiet, calm, or sensual feelings.
• Converging lines - Converging lines imply depth, scale and distance.
• Diagonal lines - Diagonal lines show change and movement.
• Analogous colours - analogous colours are colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel, usually one of them is a primary colour, for example red, red-violet, and red-orange.
• Muted colour - muted colours are colours that are less intense than usual.
• Saturated colours - a saturated image has overly bright colours.
• Complimentary colours - complimentary colours are colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel, for example purple and yellow or red and green.
• Texture - In some photographs the variation in the light and the dark are so convincing that we can almost 'feel' the texture although it's not actually there.
• Patterns - Patterns happen whenever strong graphic elements - lines, colours, shape, form - repeat themselves.
• Form - Form is a three dimensional shape, such as a cube, sphere or a cone.
• Tone - Tones are created by the way light falls on a 3D object. The parts of an object on which the light is it’s strongest.
• Shape - Shape can be geometrical, for example, squares, triangles and circles. Shape can also be irregular, these are shapes like the human form or flowers.
• Reflection - Reflection photography is the art of using reflective surfaces like mirrors, glass or bodies of water to capture images.
• Motion - Motion in a photograph is capturing the movement of someone or something by changing the shutter speed and sometimes aperture.
• PPI - Pixels per Inch, 72 PPI is the conventional PPI used for viewing images on the web, 300 PPI is how to get the clearest image when printing.
• Snoot - a snoot is a tube or similar object which fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam.
• Parabolic Reflector - a reflective surface used to collect energy or protect energy such as light, sound or radio waves.
• Film Noir - a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish hollywood crime dramas, particularly such that emphasise cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.