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1. PHOTOGRAPHIC
TERMINOLOGY
___Shannon Orr____
Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice Terminology
P1, P2, M1, M2

2. SHUTTER SPEED
 shutter speed is the amount of time that the
shutter on the camera lens is open, this is
measured in seconds most often than not it is
measured in fractions of seconds, the bigger the
denominator is the faster the shutter speed will be
for example 1/1000 is much faster than 1/30
 Mainly you will be using shutters speeds around
1/60th of a second, you will be doing this because
anything smaller than 1/60th would make it
difficult to get a clear picture without the camera
shaking if you aren't using a camera.
Shutter Speed 1/160 sec
Shutter speed 1/6 sec

3. SHUTTER SPEED
Fast Shutter Speed Slow Shutter Speed
Shutter speed 1/250 sec Shutter speed 1/13 sec

4. ISO
 ISO short for International Organisation for
Standardization.
 ISO is a setting on the camera which controls how
bright a photo is for example the first two images
are very bright as the ISO is to bright where as in
the other two photos the ISO is correct so the
photos look better.
 The higher the ISO number the more sensitive the
camera is to light therefore leaving you with I very
bright funny looking photo, where as the lower the
number the better the photo will be.
ISO - 200ISO - 450
ISO - 400 ISO - 200

5. ISO
High ISO Low ISO
F-stop - F/4
Exposure time – 1/60 SEC
ISO speed – ISO/400
F-stop - f/5.6
Exposure time – 1/25 sec
ISO sped – ISO/320

6. APERTURE & DEPTH OF FIELD
 Aperture and depth field is what is in focus in
the shot and what isn't.
 For example the first two images the f-stop is
lower therefore there is only a small amount of
the image in focus where as on the other two
images the f-stop is higher meaning more is in
focus, so over all the higher the f-stop the more
widely focused the camera will be as to a lower
f-stop where there will only be s small amount
in focus.
Aperture – f/5.6
Aperture – f/9Aperture – f/5.6
Aperture – f/8

7. APERTURE & DEPTH OF FIELD
Narrow Depth of Field Wide Depth of Field
Aperture – f/6.3 Aperture – f/10

8. MANUAL EXPOSURE
 Manual exposure is where the camera is set to
manual and the user can set there own ISO,
white balance etc, instead of using auto where
the camera chooses its self.

9. WHITE BALANCE
 White balance is a setting on the camera where
you are able to chose the kind of lighting for
the photo you are shooting.
 As you can see in the top photo the light was
set to Tungsten and it was a bright day thing
led to the photo being a blue-ish colour where
as in the bottom photo I set the camera to auto
the photo looks much better.
Tungsten
Auto

10. RULE OF THIRDS
 Rule of thirds is made up it is not actually
there you imagine a grid made up of 3x3
squares when looking through the viewfinder so
that you can frame your shot correctly.
 With the imaginary grid in mind the ‘rule of
thirds’, gives you 4 lines which are useful in
positioning the elements of your photo.
F-stop – f/5 exposure time- 1/1600 sec
F-stop – f/5 exposure time- 1/1600 sec

11. EXAMPLES OF RULE OF
THIRDS
F-stop – f/5 exposure time- 1/1600 sec
F-stop – f/8 exposure time- 1/250 sec ISO speed – ISO- 100F-stop – f/5.6 exposure time- 1/125 sec ISO speed – ISO- 250
F-stop – f/8 exposure time- 1/100 sec ISO speed – ISO- 400