This week’s Photography Words are:

Hot Shoe – is the mounting point on top of the camera where optional flash units are attached. I’m sure that most people have seen the hot shoe on the camera but may not have know what it was called.

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EXIF – Exchangeable Image File, is used to record many settings on the camera as well as information about the camera when an image is created. Information such as make and model of the camera, time and date the image use made, shutter speed, aperture setting, and ISO. I know, this information can be seen on the camera  after making the image. But there is also information that is not as easily found, like copyright info, and number of shutter actuation of the camera.

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Histogram – is a graphical representation of the photograph being made, that allow you to quickly see if an image is over of under exposed. The histogram is very handy when doing test shots in bright sun, because it is often much easier to see than an image on the cameras LCD. In order to avoid lose any detail in the photograph the histogram should not climb up on either side of the viewing frame.

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Exposure Compensation – Gives the user the ability to tell the camera to overexpose or underexpose the image so the photographer can control the appearance of the photograph. Today’s cameras are very smart, but don’t know which part on the image you are wanting to be the main subject. This is where exposure compensation can help. Photographing a person standing in front of a very bright background without exposure compensation would cause the person to be a silhouette.

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Underexposed – giving less than normal exposure when making the photograph. This will cause the detail in the shadows of the image to be lost.