Photography Foundations for Art and Design, 4th Edition

Glossary

Aliasing	The display of a digital image where a curved line appears jagged due to the square pixels.
Ambient light	The natural or artificial continuous light that exists before the additional lighting is introduced.
Analyse/Analysis	To examine in detail.
Anti-aliasing	The process of smoothing the appearance of a curved line in a digital image.
Aperture	A circular opening in the lens that controls light reaching the sensor.
Backlit	A subject illuminated from behind.
Balance	A harmonious relationship between elements within the frame.
Bit	Short for binary digit, the basic unit of the binary language.
Blurred	An image or sections of an image that are not sharp. This can be caused through inaccurate focusing, shallow depth ...