Photography Terms & Definitions
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a
Adobe Process Version
AF Area Modes
AF Assist Illumination
AF Lock
AI-Servo Autofocus
Ambient Light
Angle Of View
Anti-Aliasing Filter
Aperture
Aperture Priority Auto Exposure
Astrophotography
Aspect Ratio
Aspherical Lens
Auto Exposure (AE)
Auto Servo AF
Autofocus (AF)
b
Back-Focus
Backlight
Balanced Composition
Blu-Ray Disk
Bokeh
Bounce Light
Bracketing
Brenizer Method
Broad Lighting
Buffer/Buffering
Bulb (B Setting)
Butterfly Lighting
c
Cable Release
Camera Twist
Candids
Card Reader
Catchlight
Center Weighted Metering
Chromatic Aberration
Cinematographer/Cinematography
Circle Of Confusion
Circular Polarizer Filter
CMOS
CMYK
Color Cast
Color Temperature
Composition
Compression
Continuous Servo AF
Contrast
Cropping
d
Depth Of Field
Diffuser
Distortion
Dodging
Double Exposure
Dynamic Range
e
EXIF
Exposure Compensation
Exposure
Exposure Meter or Light Meter
External Flash
f
F/ Number or F/ Stop
Fisheye Lens
Flash Sync Speed
Focal Length
Focus Tracking
Foreground
Formatting
FPS
Front Curtain Sync
g
Geotagging
Graininess
h
Hair Light
HDR Photography
High ISO
High Key Photography
Histogram
Hyperfocal Distance
i
Image Resolution
Image Sharpening
Image Stabilization
In-Camera HDR
Intervalometer
Inverse Square Law
ISO
j
JPEG
k
Kelvin
Kelvin White Balance Setting
Kicker Light
l
Live View
Loop Lighting
Lossless Compression
Low Key Lighting
m
Macro Photography
Manual Exposure
Manual Focus
Megapixel
Mirror Lockup
Mixed Lighting
Monopod
n
Neutral Density Filter
Nightscape
Nightscape And Star Trails
o
One-Shot Autofocus
Overexposure
p
Painting With Light
Panning
Panorama
Prime Lens
q
r
Raw File Format
Rear Curtain Sync
Rule of Thirds
s
Sharpness
Short Lighting
Shutter Drag
Shutter Speed
Single-Servo Autofocus
t
u
v
Viewfinder
w
Whip Pan
White Balance
x
xD Picture Card
y
z
Zoom Lens