| term | Description |
|---|---|
| camera | |
| DSLR | |
| SLR | |
| digital camera | |
| film camera | |
| 35mm camera | |
| medium format camera | |
| large format camera | |
| film | |
| 35mm film | |
| 120 film | |
| 220 film | |
| 4x5 film | |
| 8x10 film | |
| lens | |
| flash | both the function and the physical object that emits the light |
| camera body | |
| light | |
| enlarger | |
| focus | |
| white balance | |
| f-stop | |
| shutter speed | |
| develop | |
| enlarge | |
| contrast | |
| saturation | |
| black and white | |
| color | |
| shadows | |
| highlights | |
| ISO | |
| portrait | both the genera and the image orientation |
| landscape | both the genera and the image orientation |
| exposure | |
| under exposed | |
| over exposed | |
| composition | |
| aperture | |
| bracketing | |
| macro lens | |
| telephoto lens | |
| wide angle lens | |
| fisheye lens | |
| portrait lens | |
| fast lens | |
| distortion | |
| resolution | |
| full frame | |
| light meter | |
| metering | |
| ambient light | |
| reflected light | |
| incident light | |
| diffused light | |
| hard light | |
| soft light | |
| fill light | |
| strobe | |
| camera shake | |
| lens flare | |
| vignette | |
| blown out | Areas of over exposure |
| pixels | |
| filter | |
| aberration | |
| long exposure | |
| double exposure | |
| codec | |
| film grain | |
| backlight | |
| C-41 | Color negative film |
| lens hood | |
| megapixel | |
| bulb | Used to hold the shutter open manually |
| E-6 | Color positive film |
| grain focuser | |
| noise | |
| darkroom | |
| snapshot | |
| focal length | |
| color gels | |
| gray card | |
| histogram | |
| tripod | |
| umbrella | |
| monopod | |
| viewfinder | |
| rangefinder | |
| optical viewfinder | |
| panorama | |
| night photography | |
| golden ratio | |
| rule of thirds | |
| soft focus | |
| soft box | |
| roll film | |
| sheet film | |
| time lapse | |
| photographer | |
| photojournalism | |
| photojournalist | |
| aerial view | |
| dpi | |
| aliasing | |
| anti-shake | |
| blur | |
| blurry | |
| color depth | |
| color management | |
| flash card | |
| SD card |