Terms

Common Terms

Sometimes, we use a lot of acronyms and unusual terms in photography... here's some of them defined for you

Alphabetized of course

Bokeh - a term for the fuzzy area behind the subject - sometimes specifically bright light. Read the story of how the term got the H - another interesting story on how to make your own bokeh shapes
CC-hard hat constructive criticism
Chimping - looking at the LCD on a digital camera to check exposure/histogram etc.
CPL - Circular Polarizing Lens
DH/DS/DD-darling husband, son, daughter
DOF - Depth of Field
IS - Canon's term for image stabilization in some of their lenses
JSO-just starting out
OOB - out of bounds - examples and tutorial
OOF-out of focus
PB-portfolio building
Pixel Peeping - looking at an image at 100% to see the very fine details
PP-post processing
Rule of Thirds - a good explanation here
SOOC-Strait out of camera
TC - tele converter (also called an extension tube)
USM-un sharp mask
Vignette - dark shading around the outer edges of an image (usually circular)