Photogaphy Vocab

Aperture: the size of the lens opening through which light passes

 

Shutter: a mechanism that opens and closes to admit light into a camera for a measured length of time.  

 

ISO- Level of sensitivity of your camera to available light.  

 

Exposure Triangle- determines how light or dark an image will appear when it's been captured by your camera.  It is the balance of aperature, shutter speed and ISO speed.  

 

DSLR- a digital single-lens reflex camera, a digital camera combining the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor, as opposed to photographic film.