Photography techniques and other terms


  1. Aperture priority: Semi-automatic shooting mode

  1. Aspect ratio: the ratio of the width to the height of an image or screen.

  1. Chromatic aberration: a color distortion that creates an outline of unwanted color along the edges of objects in a photograph

  1. Bokeh: he visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens:

  1. Composition: Arrangement of the elements in your photo

  1. Crop factor:  ratio of the dimensions of a camera's imaging area compared to a reference format

  1. Image stabilization: family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure

  1. Overexposure and underexposure: the result of too much light hitting the film or, in a digital camera, the sensor. 

  1. Post-production or post-processing: Post-production serves the meaning that- it is the work that we do after finishing our photography or shooting. Likewise, post-processing means the processes that will take place after shooting.

  1. Raw files: Uncompressed and unprocessed image data


  1. Shutter priority: a system used in some automatic cameras in which the shutter speed is selected by the user and the appropriate aperture is then set by the camera. Compare with aperture priority.


TIFF: Tag Image File Format

  1. Vignetting: Decrease in brightness

  1. White balance: Adjusting colors


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