You’ll often hear people referencing 35mm. This is simply the type of film that is most commonly used in point and shoot cameras. With the advent of digital cameras, this term is being used far less frequently.

Often referred to as existing light, ambient light is the natural light that is present on a shoot.

Angle of view relates how much of a particular subject area will be captured by a particular lens focal length. A lens with a short focal length will have a wide angle of view and will allow you to capture a larger section of the scene than would be possible with a lens of a longer focal length (and shorter angle of view).

Is the opening in a cameras lens that allows light to pass through to expose the medium. Aperture size is expressed in f/numbers and can be altered to change the final outcome of a photo. A larger f/number represents a smaller lens opening and hence less processed light.

The aspect ratio of an image relates to the ratio of the images longer dimension to its shorter dimension. Older digital cameras had an traditionally had an aspect ratio 4:3, however as digital cameras became more popular many manufacturers changed their aspect ratio 3:2 to ensure that images were not being cropped at print shops. The emerging popu [..]

A system built into a camera that enables it to understand its environmental surroundings and automatically alter its aperture and shutter speed to allow the camera to receive the optimal level of light.

A modal camera setting that allows the camera to determine whether or not a flash is need to optimally capture an image. Autoflash is a standard feature on most point and shoot cameras and commonly comes set as a factory default. In dark settings the autoflash will switch the flash on and in brighter environments will ensure the flash remains turne [..]

Anything in image or scene that is positioned behind the subject can be classified as background. Photographers will always survey the background before taking a shot to ensure that there is nothing that will distract or detract from the subject.

Light coming from behind the subject towards the camera. Photos that are taken with light emanating from behind the subject are referred to as back lit. Backlighting is often used to produce a silhouette type effect.

A computing term referencing Binary digIT. A BIT is the smallest unit of data a computer can handle. BITs are represented by the binary number code (0 or 1).