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Photography Vocabulary

Try to match these words about photography and cameras with their definition or synonym.

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memory cardsomething you put in your camera to save your pictures
flash drive or USB drivesomething you use to save text and pictures and move them from one computer to another
deleteremove; get rid of
shutterthe camera button you press to take a picture
compositionthe way you organize or arrange a picture
foregroundwhat is in the front of your picture
middle groundwhat is in the middle of your picture
backgroundwhat is in the back of your picture
portaitpicture of a person
self-portraitpicture someone takes of himself or herself
zoomto make your camera lens longer, so you can shoot a close-up picture of your subject
wide-angle viewopposite of tight, close-up shot; looking at something from a broad perspective
close-upa picture taken from very close to a subject
batteriesthe objects you put in your camera to give it power
battery chargerwhat you put your batteries in when they run out of power
action shotpicture of a moving object
still-life shotpicture of things (not people) that are not moving
backlitsomething that has light shining on it from behind
framewhat goes around a picture
point of viewthe direction at which we look at something
focushow sharp and clear the picture is
blurryunclear; opposite of sharp and clear
moodfeeling; emotion
landscapepicture of a scene -- not a person
close-upopposite of wide-angle view; a tight view of something with little or no attention on the background


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