The ABC of Photography – Buffer
Buffer Temporary memory used by a digital SLR. The size of the buffer in a camera helps dictate the maximum burst rate and the number of shots per burst. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…
The ABC of Photography – Brightness range
Brightness range This is the difference between the brightness of the brightest part of the subject and the brightness of the darkest part of the subject. Also known as Subject Brightness Range (SBR). Sources: …
The ABC of Photography – Bridge camera
Bridge camera A camera that bridges the gap between compacts and D-SLRs. They are similar in appearance and handling to small D-SLRs, but they have a fixed, usually ‘super zoom’ lens, with some models offering…
The ABC of Photography – Bracketing
A system for increasing the chances of getting the correct exposure by taking a sequence of pictures with a slightly different exposure setting for each. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
The ABC of Photography – Bounding box
Bounding box In Photoshop, a rectangular border around a selected part of an image that can be dragged to transform, rotate, scale or move. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
The ABC of Photography – Bounce flash
Bounce flash The indirect flash-lighting technique, where the flashgun is angled to bounce off a wall, ceiling, or another reflector. This scatters the illumination, creating a softer lighting effect. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…
The ABC of Photography – Bokeh
Bokeh Derived from the Japanese word for ‘blur’, this term is used to describe the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of a picture, or the lens creating them. Smooth, circular out-of-focus highlights are a…
The ABC of Photography – B (Bulb)
The ABC of Photography - B (Bulb) The Bulb setting (abbreviated B) on camera shutters is a momentary-action mode that holds shutters open for as long as a photographer depresses the shutter-release button. The Bulb…
The ABC of Photography – B
B B (Bulb) The Bulb setting (abbreviated B) on camera shutters is a momentary-action mode that holds shutters open for as long as a photographer depresses the shutter-release button. The Bulb setting is…