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Explanation of photography jargon to a beginner?

I guess I need to at least get to know some photography jargon in order to improve my photos. Can anyone explain the meaning of...? Exposure Aperture Framing & Composition ISO I see stuff like 35mm or 70mm on cameras, what is this? I'll probably come back next time with more questions on photography terms, so please help with these first!!! Thanks... =) Hi, thanks for the feedback but please try your best to explain these terms... I searched them on Wikipedia but couldn't understand the explanations, so please try to make them as simple as possible. Thanks.

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1. You may want to check out a professional photography site to get your information on these terms as well as a multitude of other things. Check out the blogs, forums, newsletters, etc. that are all free at: http://www.betterphoto.com Additionally, if you do searches for these words on the BetterPhoto site, you will bring up articles about the term, usually with photographs as examples. Visuals really help. They also have online courses that you can take. I recommend "Fundamentals of Photography" by Jim Zuckerman. He is a fantastic teacher. http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=93 Just enjoy learning! Best wishes. EDIT: Now you see why I directed you to a online professional photography site, which is where I originally went—to avoid all this confusion! Good luck!
2. Let me tell you that I used to get all involved in all that stuff way back when I was working with an all-manual camera and using film. Having just retired - my last pro job was in the United Arab Emirates for Local Government and the Tourism Department - I now only use FULLY-AUTOMATIC on my Sony digital. I don't feel the need to do anything now other than choose a subject, have a concept in mind, check the background is suitable, consider the available light, pose the model, compose in-camera and SHOOT and SHOOT and SHOOT. In order to improve your photographs, you need only to develop an eye for it. The equipment is very much secondary. Check out my gallery at: http://www.eyefetch.com/profile.aspx?user=tikka and note that NONE of them were shot on anything other than fully-auto.
3. try wikipedia for exposure, aperture........ then look up depth of field 35mm,70mm are sizes of film frame, iso is the light sensitivity of the medium you are recording to film/digital framing is using elements in the image to frame things, example: the tree http://www.flickr.com/photos/martini2005/1982602612/ composition look up "the rule of thirds" for a starter, all my shots were shot on manual keep learning, asking and reading, EDIT: ok, aperture is the size of the lens hole/opening when the image/exposure is recorded, numbers like f2, f16, f8 refer to the size of the lens opening/apeture when the shot is taken apeture size effects the depth of field in images, an apeture like F2 is big and lets in alot of light, it means a faster shutter speed can be used shutter speed and apeture combine to make an exposure, the exposure can be good, bad or ugly, generally the intent is to get great exposure the "right" exposure can be one of many combinations, if you want alot of depth og field then a number like f22 is good, for less depth of field F4 is good, if you shot on automatic these creative options are made by the camera, which is ok for some iso is the third part of exposure, and to much to type in, 100iso is slow, 1600iso is fast a
4. wikipedia has great explanations of aperture, shutter speed, exposure and everything. also there is a great book called 'understanding exposure' which would be a great help to you
5. Check out some of the photography tutorial links below...
6. As one newbie to another, allow me to say that jargon will only overwhelm you. Eventually you will learn them, but first go out and shoot lots of pictures, and try to look for different subjects to see which ones you favor most — say, people and portraits, events, sports, landscape, still life, food, pets, etc. Of the terms you mentioned, your first concern would be "Framing and Composition". A good point and shoot camera will take care of the rest. For now. This term is concerned with how good the elements in your picture are arranged together. You'll learn more just by looking at magazines, and picture books and study how the pros do it. It would be easy enough to copy the way they "frame" their pictures and "compose" the elements in it. Digital cameras have made it easy to frame and compose pictures with the LCD screen. What you see is what you get, in terms of composition at least. Next most important is "Exposure". This is about how much light is good enough for your picture so that it would look normal. Too bright or too dark are things you would clearly want to avoid. Today most digital cameras can compensate for either shortcomings, but only experience will show what's right for you in specific situations. Aperture, ISO, and 35mm~70mm (which refers to camera lens) are terms you can deal with later. I was told by a pro once that you need to shoot thousands of pictures at first to be able to get at ONE really good photo. And I don't mean indiscriminate shooting. Now, go out and get those 1,000 photos before you ask your next question! ;-)
7. Here you go. This will not only answer your question, but keep you busy for the next few weeks looking up these definitions. http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/ links to many pages - some technique and some technical http://www.popphoto.com/howto/ links to many tutorials
8. Answers in easy form: - Exposure - lengh of time light is allowed in to the camera, the longer the exposure the brighter the photo. Night photos have a slow long exposure but make things blury. Aperture - The amout of light allowed in to the camera, similar to the above but can get technical. A larger aperture (a lower number) will allow a faster photo - more light, brigher! (large aperture lens are expensive but good). Framing & Composition - Positioning the camera makes all the difference. Frame the subject to make it look nice and exclude any odd items. ISO - In basic, the lower the ISO the better the quality. Low ISO can require good lighting conditions 35mm or 70mm - The higher the number the longer the lens can see. i.e. 500mm is good for shooting wildlife from a long distance. 15mm is good for indoors, short range. Jx
9. These terms predate digital cameras but have been adapted to digital photography. Originally they were defined as: Exposure: the act of allowing light to contact a surface which is sensitive to light rays. Exposure could also be used to refer to the act of creating an image. Aperture: An opening that limits the amount of light entering an optical instrument such as a lens on a camera which limits the amount of light striking the film. This works almost the same with a digital camera except there is no film now. And remember, it's possible to build a camera with no lens. Framing and Composition: Used jointly these terms would mean the act of positioning subject matter in a particular way in a viewfinder or while printing or cropping the image. ISO: International Standardization Organization, in photography it refers to rated film speed or the sensitivity of film emulsion to light. Also used in digital photography but refers more the the camera's capability to record light. 35mm or 70mm may refer to the focal length of a lens or film size.
10. There's a book written just for you...Photography For Dummies. It's written for people who want clear explanations of photo concepts in everyday language. It uses drawings, photos and even cartoons to get across difficult points. You'll understand what's going on in no time. There's also Digital Photography For Dummies. You can get these at Amazon or your local book store. I have both and they're great.