Look Of A Photograph

1] Aperture- The aperture is an adjustable opening on the camera that limits the amount of light that is coming in.

2] Shutter- The shutter is a device on the camera that controls the amount of time a photograph is being exposed to light by opening and closing.

3] Burning and Dodging- Burning is allowing a longer exposure time by increasing amount of time the light is being shown on the photograph. You would do this to a lighter area on the photograph to make it darker and more detailed. Dodging is just the opposite, it is when you decrease the exposure time by making a darker area on your photograph lighter.

4] Under-Exposing- Under Exposing is when you expose a photograph for to short of time and not enough light is let in. If this occurs then the photograph will turn out very dark and may be hard to see the details.

5] Rembrandt Lighting- In Rembrandt lighting you create a triangle shape right below the eye of the person you are photographing. Also one side of the face is more lit from the on coming light while the other side is more shaded.



This photograph above shows an example of under-exposure. It shows under-exposure because the photo is too dark meaning its was exposed for too short of time and not enough light was let in. This could try to be fixed by dodging the photograph to make it lighter.