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: …
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…
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
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
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…
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…
Blown out Bright areas in a photo that are over-exposed are said to be blown out. They won’t hold any detail and will be bleached white. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High…
Blending mode Blending modes determine how the pixels in a layer interact with the underlying pixels on other layers instead of simply covering them. Some blending modes are much more useful for photo editing than others.…
The ABC of Photography - Bit Bit The basic unit from which any digital piece of data is made. Each bit has a value of either 0 or 1. The…
Bellows A concertinaed tube made of flexible, light-proof material that separates a lens from the camera body. Bellows were first used on very early cameras in the mid-19th century, and…