Vocab Padlet by Joshua Manek

Camera Obscura

joshua601 — 2023-08-18 16:00:03 UTC

Camera obscura (meaning “dark room” in Latin) is a box-shaped device used as an aid for drawing or entertainment. Also referred to as a pinhole image, it lets light in through a small opening on one side and projects a reversed and inverted image on the other.

35mm Film

joshua601 — 2023-08-18 16:06:38 UTC

(35 millimeter film) The standard photographic film format for analog single lens reflex (SLR) still cameras and motion picture cameras. Dating back to the first quarter of the 20th century, the 35mm format has mostly given way to digital still and video technologies.

Twin lens Camera

joshua601 — 2023-08-18 16:09:14 UTC

Twin Lens Reflex - A camera having two separate lenses of the same focal length - one for viewing and focusing; the other for exposing the film. The lenses are mechanically-coupled so that both are focused at the same time.

Gelatin Silver Process

joshua601 — 2023-08-18 16:11:34 UTC

The paper or film used to make gelatin silver prints and negatives is coated with an emulsion that contains gelatin and silver salts. Gelatin silver prints and negatives are developed out rather than printed out, which means that exposure to light registers a latent image that becomes visible only when developed in a chemical bath.

Genre

joshua601 — 2023-08-18 16:13:52 UTC

Genres are a useful category for the study of photographic practice and theory because they organise photographic values.

Curator

joshua601 — 2023-08-23 15:35:26 UTC

A curator is a keeper/custodian of an art museum

Exhibition

joshua601 — 2023-08-23 15:36:14 UTC

An Exhibition is a public display/showing of arts.

Gallery

joshua601 — 2023-08-23 15:37:12 UTC

A gallery is a room or building focused on the display of art.

Museum

joshua601 — 2023-08-23 15:38:04 UTC

A building in which, cultural, historical, or scientific objects are stored.

Photography studio

joshua601 — 2023-08-23 15:40:13 UTC

A place used for portrait photography or commercial photography, as well as the development and processing of film, and the repair and maintenance of photographic equipment.

Radial Symmetry

joshua601 — 2023-09-01 15:33:32 UTC

When something is symmetrical around its center axis

Symmetry

joshua601 — 2023-09-01 15:34:30 UTC

Symmetry is when the proportions on the left, or top match the proportions on the right, bottom.

Asymmetry

joshua601 — 2023-09-01 15:35:13 UTC

Asymmetry is when one side does not match the other side

Juxtaposition

joshua601 — 2023-09-01 15:36:16 UTC

Juxtaposition is when two things are close to each other but have different effects/ look different

Abstract

joshua601 — 2023-09-01 15:37:58 UTC

Something Abstract can not be understood at a first glance and is rather something one can conclude on their own, or try to understand in their own ways. Something Abstract is generally hard to understand and or Strange.

Balance

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:33:21 UTC

Balance refers to an equal visual weight on each side of the image.

Unity

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:34:41 UTC

Unity is when an image almost perfectly seems to come together.

Movement

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:35:43 UTC

Movement is when an image uses lines to direct your eyes to move in certain directions and often leads you to certain points

Proportion

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:36:29 UTC

Proportion is when an image uses a very vague showing of an objects size to leave it up to interpretation as to how large it is

Emphasis

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:38:03 UTC

Emphasis is when a picture uses size or usually color to "emphasize" a certain point on the image. This point is usually where you look first.

Pattern

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:39:23 UTC

Pattern is when there is a design that is repeating within an image.

Variety

joshua601 — 2023-09-15 15:40:05 UTC

Variety is when multiple elements of art are used in one image.

Cool Colors

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:32:07 UTC

Cool Colors are classified as being calm and smooth

Warm Colors

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:32:47 UTC

Warm colors are classified as being bright and stand out

Neutral colors

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:33:30 UTC

Neutral colors arent bright or dim they dont really stand out or blend in

Complementary colors

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:34:33 UTC

Complementary colors are combinations of colors that work well with a specific color

Monochromatic Colors

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:35:35 UTC

Monochromatic colors referes to a color scheme that comprises of just one color

Gradient

joshua601 — 2023-09-20 15:36:29 UTC

Gradient is a design element where the colors in the image fade into each other rather than having clear starts and ends.

Plagiarism

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:15:34 UTC

Plagiarism is the act of "stealing" someones design or idea in a work they have created and trying to pass it off as your own.

Ethical

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:16:53 UTC

Ethics are moral principals or essentially what is morally right.

Objective

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:17:29 UTC

objective is something that is factual, something that is 100% true and there is no argument around it.

Constructive criticism

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:18:46 UTC

Constructive criticism is the act of criticizing something without being rude and giving feedback on where it fell short AND how it can prove, essentially positive criticism

Subjective

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:19:44 UTC

Subjective is essentially someones own interpretation of something or their own opinion, while objective is fact.

Copyright

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:21:14 UTC

Trademark

joshua601 — 2023-09-26 16:22:37 UTC

A trademark shows that something is legally owned by you and should be expected to come from you

Rule of thirds

joshua601 — 2023-10-04 15:34:04 UTC

The rule of thirds is a visual composition of a photo in which the subject is in the left or right third of the image

leading lines

joshua601 — 2023-10-04 15:34:34 UTC

leading lines are lines in an image that point you in a specific direction

Golden ratio

joshua601 — 2023-10-04 15:35:57 UTC

The golden ratio is the visual guide of where to place an object where it will be most pleasing to the eye

Negative space

joshua601 — 2023-10-04 15:36:45 UTC

Negative space is the "empty" space around the subject.

Positive space

joshua601 — 2023-10-04 15:37:47 UTC

Positive space is the actual subject in the photo and not the space around it

Diptych

joshua601 — 2023-10-18 15:32:18 UTC

A diptych is an artpiece that could be closed like a book and it is connected in the middle

Triptych

joshua601 — 2023-10-18 15:33:03 UTC

The triptych is the exact same thing as the the diptych but with 3 sides instead

Orthographic view

joshua601 — 2023-10-18 15:34:03 UTC

An orthographic view is a 2D view of a 3D object

Barrel lens Distortion

joshua601 — 2023-10-18 15:35:21 UTC

A barrel lens distortion is common with wide angle shots and wide angle lens, it is when the picture becomes distorted due to the angle, zoom

Pincushion Distortion

joshua601 — 2023-10-18 15:36:27 UTC

Pincushion distortion is when the image becomes pinched in the middle

ISO

joshua601 — 2023-10-25 15:35:26 UTC

The Iso dictates how sensitive your camera is to light, more iso will cause the image to become more sensitive

ASA

joshua601 — 2023-10-25 15:36:11 UTC

ASA is a rating of film speed.

Image sensor

joshua601 — 2023-10-25 15:36:53 UTC

An image sensor detects and conveys the data in order to transform it into an image

Film grain

joshua601 — 2023-10-25 15:37:27 UTC

Film grain refers to the visible grain on the films that photos are taken on

Digital noise

joshua601 — 2023-10-25 15:38:15 UTC

Digital noise is essentially like film grain but with a digital camera that does not contain film

Aperture

joshua601 — 2023-11-01 15:31:20 UTC

Aperture is a setting that increases or decreases the amount of light entering a camera.

F/STOP

joshua601 — 2023-11-01 15:32:42 UTC

THE f stop is how much light you allow to hit the lens of the camera through the aperture opening

Lens focal length

joshua601 — 2023-11-01 15:33:16 UTC

Focal length determines how much your camera can see

Depth of field

joshua601 — 2023-11-01 15:34:05 UTC

Depth of field is the distance between the nearest and furthest image

BOKEH

joshua601 — 2023-11-01 15:34:51 UTC

Bokeh is the blur in parts of an image that are out of focus in the foreground or background

Auto mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-08 16:31:41 UTC

Auto mode is where the camera makes all the decisions for you while photographing

Program mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-08 16:32:33 UTC

Program mode is like auto mode but you can manually change the shutter speed and apeture.

Manual mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-08 16:33:02 UTC

Manual mode allows you to personally change all settings as you see fit

Shutter priority mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-08 16:35:07 UTC

Shutter prio mode allows you to change shutter speed and the camera decides everything else

Aperture Priority Mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-08 16:35:51 UTC

Aperture priority mode lets you change the aperture and the camera decides everything else

Shutter Speed

joshua601 — 2023-11-15 16:34:11 UTC

Shutter speed is how long the shutter is open and allowing light to hit the sensor

Bulb mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-15 16:35:40 UTC

Bulb Mode allows you to make the shutter speed lower than it can normally go

Motion Blur

joshua601 — 2023-11-15 16:36:41 UTC

Motion blur is the blur that is present on images with a lot of motion

Tripods

joshua601 — 2023-11-15 16:37:08 UTC

Tripods are a stand for the camera that prevent the shaking of the camera

Camera Shake

joshua601 — 2023-11-15 16:38:00 UTC

Camera shake is a blurriness in a image or shakiness that occurs when the camera shakes

Long exposure

joshua601 — 2023-11-29 16:33:02 UTC

Long exposure is when you set the shutter speed to low so that the camera is taking a photo for a long time

Time lapse

joshua601 — 2023-11-29 16:34:06 UTC

Time lapse's are sped up videos taken on a camera that are over the course of a long time, such as hours or even a day

Light painting

joshua601 — 2023-11-29 16:35:38 UTC

Light painting is when the shutter speed is set to low so that the camera is taking the picture for around 30 seconds, during this time if lights move in the frame they will smear and leave a trail in the photo, allowing images and paintings to be created with the moving lights

Panning

joshua601 — 2023-11-29 16:36:52 UTC

panning blurs the background behind a moving object in order to convey speed.

Burst mode

joshua601 — 2023-11-29 16:38:32 UTC

Burst mode refers to when the camera is set to continuously take multiple photos

spot metering

joshua601 — 2023-12-06 16:34:18 UTC

This mode analyses light around the focal point, most precise of all the metering

Partial Metering

joshua601 — 2023-12-06 16:35:27 UTC

This mode adjusts and detects light around the subject

Center weighted average metering

joshua601 — 2023-12-06 16:36:10 UTC

This mode mainly prioritizes the center of the shot

Evaluative Metering

joshua601 — 2023-12-06 16:37:31 UTC

This mode is for automatically metering a photo, this mode will evaluate the photo for you

18% grey

joshua601 — 2023-12-06 16:38:30 UTC

18% grey is the shade of the gray that the camera is looking for on the light meter, the camera will look for this color in order to gauge how exposed the photo is

Shadows

joshua601 — 2024-01-10 16:32:54 UTC

Shadows are marks left by light or the lack there of due to an object obscuring them from a lightsource

Midtones

joshua601 — 2024-01-10 16:33:40 UTC

Midtones refer to the range of lights and shadows

Highlights

joshua601 — 2024-01-10 16:34:18 UTC

Highlights are something that is emphasized in the image

Vignette

joshua601 — 2024-01-10 16:35:02 UTC

A small portrait that fades into the background

Sepia tone

joshua601 — 2024-01-10 16:36:15 UTC

Sepia tone is a process which changes the color and resistance of film, it also makes it hold up over time

Cropping

joshua601 — 2024-01-31 16:33:53 UTC

Cropping is when you cut out certain parts of an image

Aspect Ratio

joshua601 — 2024-01-31 16:34:58 UTC

The aspect ratio has to do with the way the picture is taken regarding its width and height

Resolution

joshua601 — 2024-01-31 16:35:59 UTC

Resolution has to do with the density of the pixels in an image

DPI VS PPI

joshua601 — 2024-01-31 16:37:09 UTC

These are the same thing but with one being on a printer and the other being on a computer

SOOC [Acronym]

joshua601 — 2024-01-31 16:38:26 UTC

This term implies that an image is so good it can be printed straight out of the camera without the need for further processing

HDR

joshua601 — 2024-02-14 16:32:13 UTC

HDR is high contrast ratios between light and dark parts of an image

Double Exposure

joshua601 — 2024-02-14 16:33:20 UTC

Double exposure is essentially using two images and overlapping them to create one, as seen in the example above

Triadic Colors

joshua601 — 2024-02-14 16:34:15 UTC

Triadic colors are the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow

Blue hour

joshua601 — 2024-02-14 16:35:08 UTC

Blue hour is the hour after sunset where the sun is below the horizon and the remaining sunlight is a dim blue color

Golden Hour

joshua601 — 2024-02-14 16:36:36 UTC

Golden hour refers to the last hour before sunset or right after sunrise, it is called golden hour due to the suns specific angle causing an intense source of yellow light

Macro lens

joshua601 — 2024-02-21 16:33:27 UTC

its a very small lens

Prime Lens

joshua601 — 2024-02-21 16:34:07 UTC

This type of lens has a fixed aperture

Telephoto Lens

joshua601 — 2024-02-21 16:34:49 UTC

This lens specializes in long focal length

Fisheye Lens

joshua601 — 2024-02-21 16:35:23 UTC

This type of lens bends the edges of the frame into a circular shape

Vibration Reduction

joshua601 — 2024-02-21 16:36:34 UTC

Vibration Reduction is a type of image stabilizer technology

DSLR

joshua601 — 2024-02-28 16:32:02 UTC

A DSLR is a term for a single lens digital camera

Metadata

joshua601 — 2024-02-28 16:33:33 UTC

The metadata of a photo contains all kinds of information such as the aperture, focal length, Iso and so on

Thumbnails

joshua601 — 2024-02-28 16:34:22 UTC

A thumbnail is a photo that is meant to represent a video

Post processing

joshua601 — 2024-02-28 16:35:22 UTC

Post processing refers to the process of editing a photo in a software AFTER it has been taken and stored

Layer Masking

joshua601 — 2024-02-28 16:36:14 UTC

Layer masking is when there are multiple layers on a photo that can overlap/cover/hide parts of the image.

Lens Crop Factor

joshua601 — 2024-03-06 16:34:53 UTC

Lens with a better focal length will crop better

Full Frame Camera

joshua601 — 2024-03-06 16:35:57 UTC

A full Frame camera just has a full frame lens (36mm-24mm)

APS-C Camera

joshua601 — 2024-03-06 16:36:48 UTC

The Advanced photo system type C refers to a specific image aspect ratio

Reflector

joshua601 — 2024-03-06 16:37:31 UTC

A reflector will redirect light to whatever its pointed at

Scrim (diffuser)

joshua601 — 2024-03-06 16:38:40 UTC

A Scrim is a material that is used to either reduce or reduce and diffuse light.

Lasso Tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-03 15:33:23 UTC

The Lasso Tool is used for precise selections manually made on the active layer in photoshop

Magic Wand Tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-03 15:34:53 UTC

The magic wand tool will imediately select everything around a select spot of the same color as the selected spot

Polygonal Lasso Tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-03 15:36:20 UTC

The Polygonal lasso Tool is like the Lasso Tool but it makes selections with straight edges

Quick Selection tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-03 15:38:01 UTC

The quick selection tool can be used to select certain shapes and large parts of the photo

Rectangular Elliptical Marquee Tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-03 15:39:29 UTC

This tool allows you to make selections in a rectangular or circular shape

Brush tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-10 15:31:58 UTC

The brush tool is used to "paint" onto the select layer with a select color

Zoom tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-10 15:32:35 UTC

The zoom tool will shockingly zoom into an image and can also zoom out of an image

Hand tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-10 15:33:29 UTC

The hand tool allows you to move an image around. Even while zoomed in

Horizontal type tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-10 15:34:11 UTC

The horizontal type tool allows you to add horizontal text onto your images

Gradient Tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-10 15:35:00 UTC

The gradient tool allows you to control gradually changing lights and colors in your image with select patterns

Dodge tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-24 15:32:57 UTC

The dodge tool is used to destructively brighten areas of an image

Burn tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-24 15:33:24 UTC

Burn tool is used to destructively darken areas of an image

Blur tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-24 15:33:59 UTC

Blur tool is used to blur areas of an image

sharpen tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-24 15:34:42 UTC

Sharpen tool is used to make the image less blurry in certain areas

Select and mask tool

joshua601 — 2024-04-24 15:36:24 UTC

The select and mask tool allows for many modifiers to customize a selection

Tracking (Text)

joshua601 — 2024-05-01 15:37:02 UTC

This is the Process of loosing and or tightening the block of a font

Leading (Text)

joshua601 — 2024-05-01 15:37:11 UTC

Leading allows you to adjust the space between lines of the text

Kerning (Text)

joshua601 — 2024-05-01 15:37:19 UTC

Kerning adjusts the space between the letters themselves

Transform Tool

joshua601 — 2024-05-01 15:37:27 UTC

Transform allows you to change a selection or layer in all sorts of ways such as size, angle, flipping it etc

Clipping Mask

joshua601 — 2024-05-01 15:37:34 UTC

Clipping mask creates an effect where two layers are merged into one which allows for the two layers to overlap with each other creating a certain look