The ABC of Photography – Byte
Byte The standard unit for measuring the memory capacity of digital storage devices. Each byte can have one of 256 different values and is equal to eight bits. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…
The ABC of Photography – Butterfly lighting
Butterfly lighting A technique for lighting portraits achieved by pointing the flash down towards the front of the face and creating a distinctive butterfly-shaped shadow under the nose. A reflector is used to soften…
The ABC of Photography – Burst rate
Burst rate The continuous shooting speed of a digital camera, which enables a sequence of images to be taken in rapid succession, measured in frames per second (fps). The rate can only be sustained for…
The ABC of Photography – Burn tool
Burn tool A tool that can be used to darken parts of an image selectively during digital image manipulation. The tool gets its name (and its hand-shaped icon) from ‘burning- in’, a…
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 – 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…