Monday, December 16, 2013

Weekly Vocab Assigned: 12/16/13Due: 12/20/13

Fill flash is a photographic technique used to brighten deep shadow areas

        
Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle significant and historical events


magnesium flare- a flare using magnesium as the illuminating agent.

Black and White PSD


Black and White PSD


Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Weekly Vocabulary 12/10/13

 Ambrotype-is a photograph that creates a positive image on a sheet of glass using the wet plate collodion process

Tintype-made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion.

 Heliography-an early type of photoengraving made on a metal plate coated with sensitized asphalt.

Daguerreotype-The image is formed on a silvered metal plate and transported to a camera via a light-tight plate holder.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Ghost challenge


Weekly Vocabulary/ Photography Lenses

Fisheye photography- refers to extreme wide-angle photography done with an 8mm lens.

Macro- close up

Telephoto lens- is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Paths and Pen tool


Weekly vocab

1. Long exposure photography- is the quantity of light reaching a photographic film, as determined by shutter speed and lens aperture.

2.Light painting-  is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera.

3. Solargraphy- are pinhole photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera with a long exposure.

4. Calotype0-early photographic process: a 19th-century photographic process producing a negative on a plate wetted with silver iodide

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Silhouette Project-Me



Definitions 11/13/13

 rule of thirds- guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs.

depth of field-photography feature: the total focused area in front of and behind an object held in the focus of a camera or lens.

DSLR-digital Single Lens Reflex) A digital still image camera that uses a single lens reflex (SLR) mechanism

Monday, November 4, 2013

vocab


metadata- data that provides information about other data
 
dpi- dots per inch
 
PPI-plan position indicator

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

print vs.digital

 Film

  • less focusing issues
  • less exposure problems
  • Film is higher resolution
  • Cameras are generally heavier
  • Film can take up a lot of space
  • Film cost
  • Film must be developed before viewing


  •                  Digital


    • Higher cost
    •  lose detail in whites and blacks
    • Cameras are generally lighter
    • Memory cards are small
    • One memory card can store more images than a dozen rolls of film
    • Images can be viewed immediately
    • You can edit your images
    • Only print the images you like

    Monday, October 14, 2013

    Definitions 3

    aperture- an opening; that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

    Shutter speed-  term used to describe how long the shutter of a camera remains open when picture is being taken.

    ISO-  light sensitivity of film's emulsion.

    cartoon of me


    Thursday, September 12, 2013

    line





     

    Contrast
     
     
     
     Harmony
     
     
     
     Value
     
     
     
    Shape
     
     
     
     Form
     
     
     
     Movement
     
     
     
     
     Color
     
     
     
     Balance
     
     
     
     Texture
     
     
     
    Rhythm

    Friday, September 6, 2013

    line- a long narrow band or mark.

    shape- form of an object

    color- then property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the objects or emits light

    value- the importance or usefulness of something

    texture- the feel or appearance of an object

    volume/form- amount of space an object occupies/ a visual shape of something

    balance- a condition in which different elements are equal

    harmony- agreement or concord

    contrast- differ strikingly

    movement and rhythm- in act of changing location/a strong repeated pattern of movement or sound.