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| aperture | Indicates the size of a camera lens’s opening |
| back lighting | (When light shines from behind the subject toward the camera, often casting all of the front details of a subject in shadow or silhouette. |
| candid photography | Nonposed, usually informal picture. |
| color temperature | Measures the type of light shining on an image. |
| cropping | In photo composition, including all wanted elements in a photo and excluding all unwanted elements. |
| depth of field | (Indicates how much of the image is in focus. |
| digital zoom | The digital enlargement of an image on an image sensor through interpolation of pixels. |
| DSLR | A camera that uses a mirror system to capture an image. DSLR cameras have interchangeable lenses. |
| focal point | The element within an image on which the viewer’s eye focuses. |
| framing | The use of elements within a scene to visually surround the subject and draw attention to it. |
| front lighting | When light shines from behind the camera and illuminates the front of the subject, producing few or no shadows.) |
| illusion of depth | In photography, the effect of visual clues that make a viewer perceive an image as three-dimensional in a two-dimensional image. |
| ISO | A standardized measurement of the speed with which a camera stores an image.) |
| jog dial | A type of wheel or dial on a camera that makes it possible to scroll through setting options by rotating. |
| Kelvin | The measurement, in degrees, of the color temperature of light. |
| leading lines | Actual or suggested lines in an image that draw a viewer’s eye through an image in a specific direction, usually to the focal point. |
| macro | A setting or lens that allows close-ups |
| megapixels | A unit of measure equal to one million pixels. |
| metadata | Information about a photograph stored within the image file.) |
| mode dial | A type of wheel or dial on a camera that makes it possible to scroll through setting options by rotating. |
| optical zoom | The actual magnification of an image through the movement of a camera lens. |
| perspective | In photography, what makes items look larger and closer or smaller and farther away; can be used to create depth and express a story about a subject. |
| photographic composition | he selection and arrangement of design elements within a photograph. |
| point and shoot | A camera designed to be easy to use with preset functions. |
| rule of thirds | Principle of imposing an imaginary grid of nine equal spaces (like a tic-tac-toe grid) over a scene to be photographed, then positioning the most important elements of the image along the gridlines, most preferably at or near the intersection of two imaginary grid lines.) |
| shutter speed | Measures the rate at which a camera lens opens and closes |
| side lighting | Light that shines from the right or left of the camera and illuminates the subject from the side, creating more defined highlights and shadows. |
| white balance | Adjusts an image based upon the color temperature present when an image is photographed. |
