| A | B |
|---|
| angle | what you see through the lens of a camera |
| aperture | the opening of a lens that lets the light into the camera. (It's like the iris in the eye) |
| automatically | to do something without thinking. The camera figures everything out |
| auto focus | the camera automatically focuses for you |
| auto flash | the flash automatically comes on when it is dark |
| back light | the light behind a subject. It will make the subject look dark. |
| byte | little tiny bits that make up a picture on the computer |
| card reader | a card that helps you move your pictures onto the computer |
| close up | a type of angle that gets very close to the subject |
| crop | to cut the outer part of a picture and make the subject look bigger |
| depth of field | the area of the picture from front to back, which is in focus |
| download | move pictures from camera to computer |
| F-stop | number that measures the aperture |
| file | how the picture gets stored on a computer (JPEG) |
| flash | a light on the camera which lights up the subject |
| focus | to make the picture clear or not blurry |
| gigabyte or GB | one billion bytes |
| lens | a piece of glass on the front of the camera that works like an eye |
| megabyte or MB | one million bytes |
| memory card | a little plastic card used to save pictures |
| menu | picture screen also shows many of the user options |
| pixel | camera quality is measured in megapixels. The higher number, the better |
| shutter | a window that opens and closes inside the camera to take the picture |
| shutter release | this is the button that you push to take the picture |
| subject | the person or thing you are taking the picture of |
| view finder | the window on your camera that you look through |
| wide angle | the opposite of a close up, a wide shot shows as much as possible |
| zoom | a lens that makes the subject look bigger |
| background | the area behind your subject |
| composition | placing the elements of your picture within tha frame and deciting what to leave out |
| foreground | the area between the camera and the subject |
| frame | the area that you see through the viewfinder in the camera and will soon be your picture |
| framing | a trick to draw the viewer into a photo |
| shadows | the opposite of light, the darker areas of a photo |
