The opening which controls how much light enters the camera and reaches the sensor. It effects how much of your subject will be focused or blurred. The aperture is adjusted by increasing or decreasing the f stop. The higher the f stop numbers the smaller the opening and more will be in focus. At F22 everything you point the lens at will be in focus [..]

The camera selects the best focal distance for you to take a good photo. Auto mode

The out of focus areas in an image. This is created by the lens. They can appear as dots or hexagons of lights. Bracketing

A button to press which allows you to open the shutter as long as you’d like. Good for night time scenes like fireworks. Burst

You can put your digital card in here then plug the card reader into your computer. That will enable you to upload or view your photos. Cloning

How much pure colour is diluted until it turns to monochrome (black and white.) Composition

(often the symbol will be three rectangles). You can hold down the button and the camera will take numerous pictures one after the other. Continuous focus

The range of light and dark there is in a picture. Crop

Where the sharp focus areas are in your photo. The area around the subject which is in focus. The larger the depth of field, the more area around the subject will be in focus. You can control the depth of field by changing the aperture. Digital zoom

This is the resolution of an image when printed. It is worked out by how many dots  are printed along an inch. The higher the dpi, the better the quality of the final image.