Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 5/27/14 Due: 5/30/14
Zone system- is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development, formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer.
Bromoil Process- was an early photographic process that was very popular with the Pictorialists during the first half of the twentieth century.
Photo-Secession- was an early-20th-century movement that promoted photography as a fine art in general and photographic pictorialism in particular.
Bromoil Process- was an early photographic process that was very popular with the Pictorialists during the first half of the twentieth century.
Photo-Secession- was an early-20th-century movement that promoted photography as a fine art in general and photographic pictorialism in particular.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Weekly Vocab Assigned: 5/20/14 Due: 5/23/14
Speed Graphic camera- is an excellent American made hand-crafted wood camera
Contax camera- was a camera brand noted for its technical innovation and wide range of Zeiss lenses, known for their high optical quality.
Polariod Spectra- introduced the Spectra system of cameras in 1986. It was an all-new line of cameras, and had a corresponding new film.
Contax camera- was a camera brand noted for its technical innovation and wide range of Zeiss lenses, known for their high optical quality.
Polariod Spectra- introduced the Spectra system of cameras in 1986. It was an all-new line of cameras, and had a corresponding new film.
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 5/12/14 Due: 5/16/14
EXIF-Exchangeable image file format is a standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras , scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras.
TIFF- is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general.
Geotagged Photograph- a digital photo or other object on a Web site or in a document refers to the attachment of geographical identification data.
TIFF- is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general.
Geotagged Photograph- a digital photo or other object on a Web site or in a document refers to the attachment of geographical identification data.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 5/6/14 Due: 5/9/14
Prime Lens (FFL)- lens is one that has just one focal length only (in contrast to a zoom lens that covers a wider range of lengths). Prime lenses come in a wide range of focal lengths from wide angles through to the very longest of tele-photo lenses used by many sports photographers and paparazzi.
Wide- Angle Lens- can be a powerful tool for exaggerating depth and relative size in a photo.
Calypso underwater camera- is a high-performance underwater camera suited for various underwater applications up to 90m deep.
Through-the-lens (TTL) metering is a photographic term describing a feature of cameras capable of measuring light levels in a scene through their taking lenses, as opposed to a separate metering window.
Wide- Angle Lens- can be a powerful tool for exaggerating depth and relative size in a photo.
Calypso underwater camera- is a high-performance underwater camera suited for various underwater applications up to 90m deep.
Through-the-lens (TTL) metering is a photographic term describing a feature of cameras capable of measuring light levels in a scene through their taking lenses, as opposed to a separate metering window.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 4/28/14 Due: 5/2/14
35 mm camera- film is the film gauge most commonly used for motion pictures and chemical still photography
The Bang Bang Club- is the true story of four young combat photographers bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risk their lives and use their cameras to tell the world of the violence associated with the first free elections in post-Apartheid South Africa
zoom lens - See also telephoto lens a lens system that allows the focal length of a camera lens to be varied continuously without altering the sharpness of the image.
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery showcases portraits of individuals who have shaped American culture, from activists to actors and presidents to poets.
The Bang Bang Club- is the true story of four young combat photographers bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risk their lives and use their cameras to tell the world of the violence associated with the first free elections in post-Apartheid South Africa
zoom lens - See also telephoto lens a lens system that allows the focal length of a camera lens to be varied continuously without altering the sharpness of the image.
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery showcases portraits of individuals who have shaped American culture, from activists to actors and presidents to poets.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 4/21/14 Due: 4/25/14
Freelancer- somebody working for different companies: a self-employed person working, or available to work, for a number of employers, and usually hired for a limited period.\
VII Photo Agency - is a photo agency representing 30 photojournalists, known for its focus on conflict photography.
Realism- awareness or acceptance of the physical universe, events, etc, as they are, as opposed to the abstract or ideal
VII Photo Agency - is a photo agency representing 30 photojournalists, known for its focus on conflict photography.
Realism- awareness or acceptance of the physical universe, events, etc, as they are, as opposed to the abstract or ideal
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 4/7/14 Due: 4/11/14
Dallmeyer 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.
Photomicrograph- is a micrograph prepared using an optical microscope, a process referred to as photomicroscopy
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 4/1/14 Due: 4/4/14
Vest Pocket Kodak- cameras were a best-selling folding camera series made by Eastman Kodak (Rochester), from 1912 to 1926.
Meniscus Lens- are designed to minimize spherical aberration and are usually used in small f number applications.
Rapid Rectinear Lens (RR Lens)- has a lowish contrast but that can be significantly improved in PS or Gimp using local contrast enhancement
Meniscus Lens- are designed to minimize spherical aberration and are usually used in small f number applications.
Rapid Rectinear Lens (RR Lens)- has a lowish contrast but that can be significantly improved in PS or Gimp using local contrast enhancement
Friday, March 28, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 3/24/14 Due: 3/28/14
Photodetector- any of various devices for detecting and measuring the intensity of radiant energy through photoelectric action.
Infrared- light is electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, extending from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum.
Light-emitting diode- is a two-lead semiconductor light source that resembles a basic pn-junction diode, except that an LED also emits light.
Thermal imaging camera- the use of heat-sensitive equipment to detect or provide images of people or things
Infrared- light is electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, extending from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum.
Light-emitting diode- is a two-lead semiconductor light source that resembles a basic pn-junction diode, except that an LED also emits light.
Thermal imaging camera- the use of heat-sensitive equipment to detect or provide images of people or things
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Weekly Vocabulary Assigned: 3/20/14 Due: 3/21/14
Panoramic Photography- also known as wide-angle photography is a technique that captures a much wider perspective of the landscape into a photo.
Colour Banding- in digital pictures is often the result of the changing of the pictures' formats, or reducing the color depth on a computer.
Dither- is the process of using two colors to simulate the shade of a third color by placing dots of the two colors close together. The application using the dithering process can use several strategies of placing the dots over the region showing the third color.
Colour Banding- in digital pictures is often the result of the changing of the pictures' formats, or reducing the color depth on a computer.
Dither- is the process of using two colors to simulate the shade of a third color by placing dots of the two colors close together. The application using the dithering process can use several strategies of placing the dots over the region showing the third color.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Weely Vocabulary Assigned: 3/11/14Due: 3/14/14
Magnum Photos- an international cooperative agency of photographers, the purpose of which is the distribution of its members’ work to the press
Black propaganda- is false information and material that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side.
White Propaganda- is issued from an acknowledged source
Grey Propaganda- propaganda that does not identify its source
Black propaganda- is false information and material that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side.
White Propaganda- is issued from an acknowledged source
Grey Propaganda- propaganda that does not identify its source
Friday, March 7, 2014
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