Photography and Camera Basics

CMYK can relate to the four-color or full 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

a process that isolates your subject less depth of field is great for one to three subjects more depth of fields is suggested

measurement scale for resolution of output devices such as monitors, laser printers and images setters the more dots the device is able to

process whereby an original black and white picture is printed in 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

photos with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and still be readable. A ghosted photo will

Surrounding the subject by other objects such people or thing to shift the focus to the subject

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; this is call

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

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

color file format meaning red, green, blue. any RGB digital images will need to be converted to CMYK before they are printed

the measure of the number of pixels in an image, the resolution of a digital camera is measured in mega pixels, higher resolution

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

telling the story with photos

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