Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice Terminology (P1, P2, M1, M2)Term Explanation of term e.g. what

it is used for / the effect it has on your images

Examples

Shutter Speed Shutter speed is where for example you’re driving a car at nigh an it is that bright light that follows the car. The technique is useful for to make the image more bright and colourful and in audience point of view this will attract an attention. The effect of on this image that shutter speed gives is it changes the way the movement appears in the picture.

ISO ISO is used to change the light ad affection of the image inside the camera and that will change the sensitivity light of the image sensor inside of it. The effect I has on the image is I makes it sensitive in lightning wise.

Aperture & Depth of field (F stop)

Automatic Exposure Automatic Exposure is basically in the camera settings and you can set it up. The effect it has on the image it makes the image more exposed so it is being focused on the main image which is the duck and how it does hat it also blurs the background as you can tell if you look at the image.

Manual Exposure Manual exposure is also in the camera settings so all you o s switch it on and you will end up with that effect. Within manual exposure mode you will be able to set aperture and shutter speed mode and then you will end up having control over the exposure system.

Colour Balance Basically colour balance you know what it is when you see the name of the title all it is when you changed the balance of the colour in the image from the original colour. The effect I has on the image is it makes it more attractive and colourful than it originally was.

Composition The meaning of composition in the photographic term is depth of field it is the same it just makes the image wider and bigger in the best view. The effect it has on the image is it makes it a whole lot attractive because there is a bigger and better view and people who look at images are interested in wide shots.

Rule of thirds The rule of thirds is a graph in the camera where you are taking a picture it gets the left middle and right of the screen on point so you get the best picture possible. The effect it has on the image is it makes it larger.

Complementary Colours

Complementary colours are pair of colours that are opposite in colour models the main colours are white and grey and black so what it does is mix the colours together. The effect it has on the image it makes the background dark so the foreground can stand out more so it basically shades the background.

Analogous colours Analogous Colours is basically a group of bright colours. Most often use with warm and cool colours so it can give that colourful harmony. Then it will make that colourful bright looking image examples of Analogous colours are the bright ones such as red orange yellow green blue violet etc.

Macro Macro Is just the same meaning of close up so it is a shot taking closely zooming on the main part of the image. It has a big effect on the image because it gives it that professional feeling. Photographers mostly use this technique when taking pictures of something small such as an incest or flower etc.