Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Photography Terminology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.

1. aperture
A. The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (plural)
2. composition
B. A word picture of a person's appearance and character
3. cropping
C. The concentration of attention or energy on something
4. focal length
D. Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
5. focal point
E. To assume a posture as for artistic purposes
6. lenses
F. An optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically
7. proportion
G. To prepare for crops
8. shutter
H. The space between two lines or planes that intersect
9. telephoto lens
I. An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
10. viewfinder
J. A device that controls amount of light admitted
11. zoom lens
K. A camera ___ that magnifies the image
12. color
L. Displaying numbers rather than scale positions
13. black and white
M. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images (plural)
14. sepia
N. A camera ___ that magnifies the image
15. digital
O. The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
16. pixels
P. Red, blue and yellow are all examples of this
17. autofocus
Q. Apparatus for supplying artificial ___ effects for the stage or a film
18. posed
R. Communication by means of written symbols
19. candid
S. A mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
20. portrait
T. Characterized by directness in manner or speech
21. lighting
U. A shade of brown with a tinge of red
22. orientation
V. The distance from a lens to its focus
23. angle
W. The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to