Aperture

The size of the opening in your cameras lens, that determines how much light enters the camera and hits the image sensor.

Depth of field

How much of your image is in focus

Level Horizon

Align the horizon with one of the horizontal lines in the grid

Negative Space

The empty space around and between the subject of an image

F Stop

The aperture measurements on your camera. (focal length). How much light you allow to hit the image sensor via the aperture opening

Focus

The process of making adjustments to the lens to find the maximum resolution, sharpness, and contrast for your chosen subject.

Rule of thirds

A composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an mage, leaving the other two thirds more open.

DSLR

Digital single-lens reflex camera

Candid

A photograph captured without creating a posed appearance

Exposure

The overall brightness or darkness of a photograph

Composition

how the elements of a photo are arranged

Subject

The object that is shown in the image, the focal point