This is setting at one end of the distance scale on a lens. It is a symbol that looks like the numeral 8 on its side. At that setting, the farthest object or background in your photo will be in focus.

This is a setting that helps you control the accuracy of the colors of your photos. Without setting the white balance correctly, your digital photos can appear to be lightly saturated with an orange, blue or yellow tinge. That happens because you shoot digital pictures with various light sources

This describes how an image sensor processes the data of any image by collecting the odd lines and then the even lines.

This function is part of most better quality remote shutter releases. It allows you to preset multiple points in time when you want the shutter to release during time-lapse photography. The intervalometer then trips the shutter automatically.

ISO is a range of numbers that represents the light sensitivity of your digital camera's sensor. (ISO is an acronym for International Organization for Standardization, which sets those numerical values.) ISO is digital photography's equivalent of the ASA numbers in film-based photography. The...

This is an acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group. This is a technical committee that developed JPEG, which is a lossy compression format and the one found in most digital cameras.

Named after a Scots scientist of the 19th century, the Kelvin scale is another way to measure temperature like Fahrenheit or Celsius. Light consists of various colors, as you can see when light passes through a prism. The Kelvin scale measures the light in terms of whether it trends toward the...

This also known as the main light in the three-point lighting concept that is used for portrait photos. Typically, the key light is placed at a 45-degree angle to and slightly above your subject to create more dimension and depth, with just enough shadows.