Friday, 12 October 2018

Technical Terms Photography

F Stops/ Aperture - F, 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 32 (Controls the amount of light that travels through the lens) 1.8 - 8, more light through the lens  WIDER APERTURE. 8 - 32, less light SMALLER APERTURE.

Shutter Speed - 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 (Controls how fast or slow light travels through the lens) 1/8 - 1/60, slow shutter speeds. 1/60 - 1/500, fast shutter speeds. Faster Shutter Speeds allow you to capture movement better. Burriness is captured from a slower shutter speed.


  • Shallow Depth of Field - foreground is in focus, and background is out of focus (Controlled by Aperture) Lower F Stop gives you Shallower Depth of Field.
  • Depth of Field - when both background and foreground are in focus. Higher aperture give you DoF.
F, 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 32
    1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60 , 1/125, 1/250, 1/500


F stops and shutter speeds must match up or the image will end up either too bright or too dark. The lower the F Stop, the faster the shutter speed and vise versa.

M - Manual - you control both aperture and shutter speed
A  Aperture Priority - you control the aperture and the camera automatically does the shutter speed
S -  Shutter Priority - you control the shutter speed while the camera does the aperture


Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a square grid that allows the photographer to frame the subject better. This gives the photographer a better understanding of where to have things in the frame if not being centered.

Horizon Line


The horizon line 

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