🚁Aerial Photography

Photography taken from the air, often with drones.

⭕Aperture

The opening in a lens that controls how much light enters.

🌌Astrophotography

Photographing celestial objects and the night sky.

🤖Autofocus

A camera system that automatically adjusts focus.

🌅Backlighting

Lighting a subject from behind to create a glow or silhouette.

🌆Blue Hour

The period of twilight with cool blue light.

📊Bracketing

Taking multiple exposures of the same scene at different settings.

💥Burst Mode

Taking multiple photographs in rapid succession.

📷Camera

A device that records images by capturing light onto a sensor or film.

📸Candid

A photograph taken without the subject posing.

🎨Color Correction

Adjusting colors in an image for accuracy.

🌡️Color Temperature

A measure of the warmth or coolness of light in kelvins.

🖼️Composition

The arrangement of visual elements within a photograph.

📄Contact Sheet

A print of all frames on a roll of film for review.

©️Copyright

The exclusive right to reproduce and distribute creative works.

✂️Crop Sensor

A sensor smaller than full-frame, cropping the field of view.

✂️Cropping

Cutting away parts of an image to improve composition.

🌑Darkroom

A room for processing film and making prints.

📏Depth of Field

The range of distance that appears sharp in an image.

🧪Developing

The chemical process of making a latent film image visible.

📹Documentary Photography

Photography that chronicles real events and people.

🛸Drone Photography

Using unmanned aerial vehicles to capture images.

🔦Enlarger

A device that projects a negative onto photographic paper.

📋EXIF

Metadata recording camera settings for each photograph.

☀️Exposure

The amount of light reaching the camera sensor.

🔺Exposure Triangle

The relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.

👗Fashion Photography

Photography showcasing clothing and accessories.

📄File Format

The type of digital file used to store an image.

🧴Fixer

A chemical that makes a photographic image permanent.

⚡Flash

A device that produces a brief burst of light for photography.