25 TERMS in Photography:

1. Zoom lens – Using this lens will keep you safe while on a safari trip.
2. Wide–angle lens – Capture all the happenings in a street party with this lens.
3. Kit lens – This lens comes with your newly bought DSLR camera.
4. Prime lens – A less popular lens because of its strict limitations
5. Macro – If you are wondering how ants carry their food, capture it with this lens
6. Landscape mode – Includes much of the scene to be photographed
7. Portrait mode – Keeps the subject as the center of the attention in a shot.
8. Night mode – Preferred in low – light shooting situations
9. Macro mode – Captures the subject up-close
10. Action mode – Captures a moving object
11. Shutter speed – it is the amount of time that the shutter is open or the digital image
sensor is activated.
12. Depth of Field – It defines how the background and foreground appear in focus.
13. Aperture – It is the opening of the lens that allows light to pass through.
14. Focusing range – it determines how close or far the photographer can get to a
subject.
15. Optical quality – it is the characteristic of a lens that shows how it captures details
of a subject.
16. Programmable Mode – A shooting mode that automate the white balance, focus,
and exposure of the camera while lets the photographer control other settings
17. TIFF (Tag Image File Format) – An image file type best used in printing.
18. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) image – A high-compressed low quality
image that can be easily uploaded to the internet.
19. Automatic Flash – When the camera is in this mode, it determines when to fire the
flash.
20. Scene Mode – A range of shooting modes for specific situations that cannot be
addressed using an automatic mode.
21. Bridge Camera – A shooting mode that lets the photographer control the camera
settings completely.
22. RAW image – A proprietary image that needs conversion to a finished RGB image
(Red, Green, Blue) before uploading to the internet.
23. Manual Mode – A transition camera for photography enthusiasts
24. Aperture Priority – A shooting mode that allows the photographer to set the
aperture and ISO while the camera takes care of the shutter speed.
25. Fill–in Flash – A low-intensity flash that illuminates the subject against a bright
background.