Photography For Absolute Beginners - Cont'd : Terminologies In Photography

Hey welcome back, last article we had an introduction to photography, what photography stands for, who a photographer really is, and some talk on cameras as well before we rapped up on kinds of photography. Hope you've been enjoying it so far! would love to get feed backs from you so please drop your comments. Anyways today's article covers The Terminologies Used In Photography. Lets get started:

What To Expect:

 Today we get to explore to major parts of photography words and what they mean, they include:

• Terminologies That describe Shots/Capturing of images
• Terms used to refer to positions in photography
• Terms Used In Camera Settings 

Terminologies That describe Shots/Capturing of images

These terms are used to describe shots of images being captured, this allows photographers to say what kind of a shot the photographer has taken.

1. Long Shot: Yeah i know sounds like a 'Long shot' - right? lol. Long shot refers to a kind of image taken of an object or if its a person (a subject) at a considerable distance away from what is being shot at or photographed. This allows for even more objects to be seen in the photograph, more details, and in the case of a person , long shots always often capture the full photo of the human subject (from head-to-toe) . This kind of shots are used to take Journalism photos since more story can be told with more objects in the photograph.
   
2. Medium Shot: Medium short as you may have guessed is taking shorts at a closer distance (compared to the long shot) to an object or if its human the (subject) and in this case taking a human in medium would also mean taking shots that only capture from the Waist-Upward (keep this in mind!)
   
   
3. Close-Up Shot: This refers to taking images of objects or subjects at really close range to the subject, hence you can only capture so much about the object (except for tiny objects of course), but in case of a person this usually means a shot of the face up close!.
   
4. Extreme Close Up Shot: Taking shots of the subject at extremely close quarters so much that it reveals very intricate details of the object is an extreme close up shot.
   

   Terminologies  used to refer to positions in photography

5. Bird's Eye Shot: Taking shots from a much elevated angle , like on a skyscraper or an helicopter of objects below is known as Bird's Eye shot.
   
   
6. High Angle Shot: High angle shots as the term suggests is also taking shots at an elevated angle above the object or subject but not as elevated as the bird's eye.
   
7. Eye level Shot: Taking photos of your subject directly on the same plane is eye level shot
   
8. Low Level Shot: Taking images of your subject on a low position on the vertical axis below the eye level of your subject is a low level shot.
   
9. I.S.O: ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization, as an abbreviated word this body standardizes the ratings for the sensitivity of cameras. The ISO is a camera setting that determines the camera's sensitivity to light > Increasing the ISO value would allow the camera become more light sensitive and would even see more light than it normally would, increasing the ISO also brings about noise in your photos, but you need not worry about that yet. For now just know that the ISO is one of the three core settings in a camera and it controls the camera's sensitivity to light.
    
10. Shutter Speed: The shutter speed refers to the camera's blinking speed - per say. The camera has an opening in the front that allows in light for quite an amount of time (to the light sensitive sensor) depending on the shutter speed so the image can be captured. The shutter speed of a camera is usually in fractions of a second, and can be changed to faster or much slower speeds.Reducing the shutter speed lets the protective lid stay open for longer time period thereby allowing in more light to the camera, this could be done when there isn't adequate lighting around your subject (as opposed to increasing the ISO value) . This act is also referred to as Long Exposure, since the camera is exposed to light for quite a longer period. It is important that during long exposure the camera remains still so as to avoid whats known as motion blur.
       
11. Aperture: Aperture is another camera setting to take note of, this setting as the name implies controls just how wide the opening of the camera's eye would be. Increasing the aperture widens the opening of the camera and allows in even more light, this could also be used to compensate for lack of proper and adequate lighting (as opposed to the other two), this is even more advisable to use . The aperture values on the camera settings are also called fstop numbers.
    
    
    
    As you can see the fstop numbers of a typical camera are over a range , and notice how increasing values of the f numbers relate to smaller openings and smaller f values mean larger openings.
    
12. Exposure: This setting determines the brightness of an image to be taken, increasing the exposure number allows the camera make the image slightly brighter than normal. For most part its best to keep the exposure untouched as a beginner and focus on using the other three to compensate for lighting and all that .

Alright that's it for now, the article focuses on some real practices and even more terms to get accustomed to. Till then Bye!