What is photography?
Basically, a camera is a ***light-proof box with an opening to let in light and a deceive to focus that light onto a light sensitive material to record an image Lens
Exposure Exposure is when a lens lets light into the camera and projects it onto a light sensitive material
Photographer must begin and end the exposure
Determining which shutter speed and aperture will work for the light -- allows you to set shutter and aperture
Light sensitive material = sensor Pixels Smallest picture element in an image sensor which create the picture Megapixel 1 megapixel = one million pixels Resolution Sharpness and amount of fine detail -- higher the better Memory Card Saves/stores the image -- records the photographs File Formats JPEG: compressed file -- small file which takes all the information and squishes it down RAW: very large uncompressed file -- saves information as it is PSD: uncompressed file -- keeps all layers intact PPI Pixels Per Inch -- print quality *** Print needs to be 300 PPI |
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