| Term | Definition |
|---|
| William Talbot | The inventor of the process which allows for many prints to be made on photosensitive papers from a single negative |
| Zone System | The ansel adams technique of achieving proper value of shadows and highlights |
| Dorethea Lange | One of the most famous Great Depression Photographers |
| Margaret Bourke | was a pioneer for women in photography. She always had a knack for being at the right place at the right time. |
| Alfred Stieglitz | was considered the most important figure to photography as an art |
| Magnum Photos | was started to document and bring awareness to the harsh cruelties of poverty, injustice, famine, and war. |
| Edward Steichen | a truly diverse photographer, served as the director of the naval photographic institute during world war II |
| Robert Frank | was known as the god father of 35mm photography in the united states |
| Richard avedon | started and created a style in which there is a solid white background behind the subject |
| Underexposed | Too dark |
| Overexposed | Too Bright |
| Jpg | 8 bit compressed file |
| Raw | 16 bit uncompressed file |
| Focal length | length of the lens |
| Depth of field | the distance in front and behind the critical focus plane that appears sharp |
| Composition | The arrangement of objects, shades, and lines which creates spaces and leads the viewer's eye around the photograph |
| Levels | the most powerful feature of photoshop is |
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