Photography and Camera Basic

CMYK can relate to four color or full color printing process using a mix of cyan magenta yellow and black to make full color pages

A photo printed in a color other than black

a photograph in full color

the range of tones between black and white areas in a photo

to eliminate (opaque, mask, cut or trim) portions of an illustration or photo to fit a specific area or to capture only a portion of the pho

a process that isolates your subject. Less depth is great for one to three subjects. More depth of field is suggested for establishing or gr

measurement scale for resolution of output devices such as monitors, laser printed and image setters

process whereby an original black and white picture is printed black, plus one additional color for a special effect

the amount of light collected by the sensor in a camera during a single picture

the sharpness of the subject

photo with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and still be readable

reproduction of a continuous tone image made by a screen pattern to convert a color image into various size dots to create a reproducible on

a graphic representation of how bright and dark pixels are distributed in an image

most common file format used in digital photography. When the image is saved, data the human eye probably won’t see is removed

the unit of measure (small dots) in the digital world for cameras. The number of megapixels is directly related to the size the digital imag

The digital equivalent of film grain. Noise shows up as small colored blotches, usually in the darker areas of an image

Telling the story with photos

A very small unit of measurement in capturing digital images and displaying digital images

The measure of the number of pixels in an image

Color file format meaning Red, Green, Blue

A fiction on the camera that compensates for different colors of light being emitted by various light sources