Pixels - means a picture element. Every photograph, in digital form, is made up of pixels.

They
are the smallest units of information that makes up a picture.

Image resolution – is the detail image, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution
means more images detail.

Megabyte – The term “megabyte’ or MB refers to a unit of measurement used to describe the
size of a digital file. One megabyte is comprised of 1,024,000 bytes, or 1,024 kilobytes of digital
information.

Megapixel- the term refers to the size of an image, usually in reference to a photo from a digital
camera.

Jpeg- is a popular image file format. It is commonly used by digital cameras to store photos since
it supports 2-24 or 16,777,216 colors.

Raw- is a file format that captures all image data recorded by the sensor when you take a photo.
When shooting in a format like JPEG image information is compressed and lost.

TIFF- is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphics
images, popular among graphic artist, the publishing industry, and photographers.

PNG- file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic format. It contains a bitmap of
indexed colors and uses lossless compression, like a .GIF file but without copyright limitations.

White Balance- is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that object which appear
white in person are rendered white in your photo.

Histogram – is a graphical representation of the tonal values of your image.

Aperture – is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture
and forcal length of an optical system determine the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to
focus in the image plane.

Shutter- is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period, exposing photographic film
or a photosensitive digital sensor to light in order to captures permanent image of a scene.

Depth of field- is the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that are in
acceptably sharp focus in an image.

Aperture priority – is a setting on some cameras that allowed the user to set a specific aperture
value while the camera selects a shutter speed to match it that will result in proper exposure
based on the lighting conditions as measured by the camera’s light meter.

Shutter priority- refers to a setting on some cameras that allow the user to choose a specific
shutter speed while the camera adjusts the aperture to endure correct exposure.
Bitmap- images are stored as a series of tiny dots called pixels. Each pixel is actually a very small
square that is assigned a color, and then arranged in a pattern to form the image.

Exposure- is the amount of light per unit area reaching a photographic film or electronic image
sensor as determined by shutter speed, lens aperture and scene luminance in a specified region.

Watermarking- technically origination in the art of papermaking, in photography, the watermark

is a superimposed image, logo, or text placed over a photograph – usually as a method of
identifying the image’s creator.

Optical- An optical lens is a single, optically transparent device shaped/designed to allow the
transmission and refraction of light to create a specific and refraction of light to create a specific
and controlled optical outcome.

Digital zoom- coming on your digital camera involves getting a closer view of faraway subject.

Bracketing- is the process of taking three photos; one setting, one intentionally underexposed,
and one intentionally overexposed.

Light meter- is a device used to measure the amount of light. Typically, a light meter will include
either or analog electronic circuit, which allows the photographer to determine which shutter
speed and f-number should be selected for an optimum exposure, giving a certain lighting
situation and film speed.

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

Noise- is a random variation of brightness or color information in images and is usually an aspect
of electronic noise.

Lag time- is the delay between triggering the shutter and when the photograph is actually
recorded.

Hot shoe- is a mounting point on the top of a camera to attach a flash unit and other compatible
accessories.

Fisheye-is an ultra-wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a
wide panoramic or hemispherical image.

Macro- is about photographing object that are very close to the lens, the film or the sensor.
Telephoto- lens is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is
shorter than the focal length

Wide angle- refers to a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a
normal lens for a given film place

DSLR- a digital still image camera that uses a single lens reflex mechanism.

Dynamic range- is a measure of the range of light intensities from the shadow to the highlight.

Digital negative- is an imaging specification that provides for long-term storage of digital
photographs generated in multiple proprietary format

Exposure compensation- is a technique for adjusting the exposure indicated by a photographic

exposure meter, in consideration of factors that may cause the indicated exposure to result in a
less-then-optimal image.