Introduction to Photography-What are the terms of photography?

Photography is an art as well as a technology. It is very important for photographers to master photographic terminology. So what are the terms of photography? Below I have sorted out the basic terms of photography for you, hoping to help you!

Knowledge of photographic terminology

Aperture:

A device that controls the amount of light passing through a lens. The aperture is represented by f, including f 1.0, f 1.4, f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0, f1,f 16 and f22.

Shutter (shutter)

Device for controlling exposure time. Shutters can generally be divided into curtain blinds, lens blinds and steel blinds. Among them, curtain blinds can be divided into vertical curtain blinds and horizontal curtain blinds. Steel shutter can reach higher speed (the highest shutter speed can reach112000 seconds or more at present). Generally, the highest speed of the inter-mirror blade shutter does not exceed 1/500 seconds, but the biggest advantage of the inter-mirror blade shutter is that the noise generated during shooting is extremely low, which is very conducive to sneak shots and can realize synchronous flashing within the full speed range.

Shutter speed (shutter speed)

Opening time of shutter. It refers to the time (exposure time) when light sweeps across the film. For example, "1/30" means that the exposure time is 1/30 seconds. Similarly, "1/60" means that the exposure time is1/60s, and the shutter of1/60s is1/30s. The rest and so on.

Note: Some materials refer to shutter speed as shutter time. The two names are different, but they mean the same thing, both referring to the shutter opening time.

depth of field

The relatively clear range of the image. The depth of field depends on three factors: the focal length of the lens, the distance between the camera and the subject, and the aperture used. The relationship between depth of field and the above three factors is: the longer the focal length, the shorter the depth of field; The shorter the focal length, the longer the depth of field (for example, under the same aperture and distance, the scene of 28mm lens is far greater than that of 70mm lens); (2) The closer the distance is, the shorter the depth of field is, and the farther the distance is, the longer the depth of field is (for example, under the same focal length and aperture, the subject scene at 10 m is far greater than the subject depth of field at 1 m); (3) The larger the aperture, the shorter the depth of field, and the smaller the aperture, the longer the depth of field (for example, under the same focal length and distance, the scene with the aperture of F 16 is far greater than the depth of field with the aperture of F4).

Depth of field preview:

In order to see the actual depth of field, some cameras provide a preview button of depth of field. Press the button to reduce the aperture to the selected size, and the scene you see after shooting is the same as that recorded on the film (memory card).

composition

The name composition comes from western art, and there is a course called composition in western painting.

The composition of famous names is also called layout or quotient position in Chinese painting theory. In other words, photographic composition is transformed from artistic composition, which we can simply call framing.

Whether it is the layout in Chinese painting or the framing in photography, it only involves part of the composition, and it cannot contain the full meaning of composition. Therefore, it is more scientific and accurate to use the word "component" uniformly.

Sensitivity (ISO)

Indicates the exposure speed of photosensitive materials. Units are expressed in degrees or fixed. For example, "ISO 100/2 1" means a film with a fixed sensitivity of 100 degrees /2 1. The higher the sensitivity, the more sensitive the film is (that is, the less light is needed to shoot the same photo normally in the same shooting environment, that is, a higher shutter or a smaller aperture can be used).

Color temperature (color temperature)

Different pigments contained in different kinds of light are called "color temperature". The unit is "k". The color temperature we usually use is 5400 K-5600 K; The color temperatures that light types A and B can adapt to are 3400K and 3200K respectively. Therefore, different types of films should be selected according to the subject and environment, otherwise there will be color cast (unless the color temperature is corrected by color filter).