Vocab Padlet by Ava Yardley

Camera Obscura

avayardley3 — 2023-08-18 18:17:30 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

avayardley3 — 2023-08-18 18:21:03 UTC

35 millimeter (35mm) film is a small-format photographic film used in single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs), film cameras, rangefinders, and disposable cameras. The number 35 refers to the total width of the film, including its perforated edges.

Twin Lens Reflex Camera

avayardley3 — 2023-08-18 18:23:49 UTC

A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic objective or "taking lens" (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for the viewfinder system, which is usually viewed from above at waist level.

Gelatin Silver Process

avayardley3 — 2023-08-18 18:25:43 UTC

Gelatin silver papers are commercially manufactured by applying an emulsion of light-sensitive silver salts in gelatin to a sheet of paper coated with a layer of baryta, a white pigment mixed with gelatin.

Genre

avayardley3 — 2023-08-18 18:27:59 UTC

Photography genres are categories or styles of photography that are defined by the subject matter or purpose of the image.

Curator

avayardley3 — 2023-08-23 17:48:56 UTC

A person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits.

Exhibition

avayardley3 — 2023-08-23 17:50:29 UTC

A public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

Gallery

avayardley3 — 2023-08-23 17:52:10 UTC

A room or building for the display or sale of works of art. Usually stays for longer than exhibition.

Museum

avayardley3 — 2023-08-23 17:53:11 UTC

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.

Photography Studio

avayardley3 — 2023-08-23 17:54:41 UTC

A business owned and represented by one or more photographers, possibly accompanied by assistants and pupils, who create and sell their own and sometimes others' photographs.

Line

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:49:03 UTC

A long, narrow mark or band.

Shape

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:50:40 UTC

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width.

Color

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:51:19 UTC

An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value,
and intensity.
• Hue: name of color
• Value: hue’s lightness and darkness (a color’s value
changes when white or black is added)
• Intensity: quality of brightness and purity (high
intensity= color is strong and bright; low intensity=
color is faint and dull)

Space

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:52:12 UTC

An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art .

Texture

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:52:50 UTC

An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.

Form

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:53:52 UTC

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). Form may also be free flowing.

Value

avayardley3 — 2023-09-08 17:56:23 UTC

The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.

Balance

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:20:46 UTC

is the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. If the design was a scale, these elements should be balanced to make a design feel stable. In symmetrical balance, the elements used on one side of the design are similar to those on the other side; in asymmetrical balance, the sides are different but still look balanced. In radial balance, the elements are arranged around a central point and may be similar.

Variety

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:21:40 UTC

is the use of several elements of design to hold the viewer’s attention and
to guide the viewer’s eye through and around the work of art.

Pattern (repetition)

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:22:39 UTC

is the repeating of an object or symbol all over the work of art.

Proportion (scale)

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:23:49 UTC

is the feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts, or number) relate well with each other. When drawing the human figure, proportion can refer to the size of the head compared to the rest of the body.

Movement (rhythm)

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:24:49 UTC

is the path the viewer’s eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas. Such movement can be directed along lines, edges, shape, and color within the work of art.

Unity (harmony)

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:25:44 UTC

is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.

Emphasis (contrast)

avayardley3 — 2023-09-15 18:26:41 UTC

is the part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas. The area could be different in size, color, texture, shape, etc.

Cool Colors

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:43:54 UTC

Cool colors are typified by blue, green, and light purple. They can calm and soothe. Where warm colors remind you of heat and sunshine, cool colors remind you of water and sky, even ice and snow.

Warm Colors

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:44:56 UTC

Used to describe any color that is vivid or bold in nature. Warm colors are those that tend to advance in space and can be overwhelming. Examples of warm colors include red, yellow and orange (think exciting fire and volcanoes).

Neutral Colors

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:46:11 UTC

A color without much intensity or saturation—a color that's lacking in color, if you will, which generally goes with everything. Examples of neutral colors include: Tan. Beige. Ivory.

Complementary Colors

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:47:27 UTC

Pairs of colours that contrast with each other more than any other colour, and when placed side-by-side make each other look brighter. opposite on the color wheel.

Monochromatic Colors

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:48:19 UTC

A color scheme based on only one, single color tint. It uses only variations (shades) of a single hue, made by altering the saturation and brightness of the base color. Black and white colors are always added, as they in fact are the brightest, resp. the darkest shade of the color.

Gradient

avayardley3 — 2023-09-20 17:49:13 UTC

A design element made up of colors that gradually fade into one another. Also known as “color progressions” or “color ramps,” gradients either consist of many shades of the same color, or multiple colors that blend from one to the other.

Constructive Criticism

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:07:36 UTC

a type of feedback that offers specific and actionable advice to help employees to improve.

Plagiarism

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:08:19 UTC

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Ethical

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:10:14 UTC

being honest with your subjects, respecting their wishes, and being sure not to exploit them or their life circumstances.

Objective

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:11:19 UTC

something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target.

Subjective

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:12:17 UTC

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

Copyright

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:12:54 UTC

the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

Trademark

avayardley3 — 2023-09-26 18:13:25 UTC

a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

Rule of Thirds

avayardley3 — 2023-10-04 17:43:19 UTC

a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open.

Leading Lines

avayardley3 — 2023-10-04 17:43:55 UTC

a compositional technique where human-made or natural lines lead the viewer's eyes through a photograph to the subject or the heart of the image.

Golden Ratio

avayardley3 — 2023-10-04 17:44:57 UTC

a guide to where to place a subject (a tree, person, building, etc.) or element in a photo (like the horizon) where it will be most pleasing to the eye.

Negative Space

avayardley3 — 2023-10-04 17:45:38 UTC

Negative space photography is related to minimalist photography. It emphasizes not just the subject but also the empty space around the subject.

Positive Space

avayardley3 — 2023-10-04 17:46:16 UTC

positive space is the actual subject.

Backlight

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:17:42 UTC

illumination from behind.

Diffused Lighting

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:18:34 UTC

Diffused light, or soft light, is light that's filtered by something.

Ambient Light

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:19:38 UTC

Ambient light is any light a photographer or cinematographer did not bring to the shoot.

Chiaroscuro

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:20:46 UTC

an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.

Silhouette

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:21:27 UTC

the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.

Radial Symmetry

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:22:35 UTC

symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.

Asymmetry

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:23:18 UTC

lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.

Symmetry

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:24:17 UTC

the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

Juxtaposition

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:25:06 UTC

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Abstract

avayardley3 — 2023-10-13 18:26:10 UTC

images created using photography materials and equipment that don't have an immediate association with the physical world.

Diptych

avayardley3 — 2023-10-18 17:47:11 UTC

Diptych photography is where two separate images are placed side by side. The two images may be of the same subject or two different subjects. You can use diptych photography to create a variety of effects.

Triptych

avayardley3 — 2023-10-18 17:47:54 UTC

A triptych (pronounced Trip'tik), when applied to photography, is a group of three pictures. It could be three photographs mounted in a frame, closely associated pictures displayed near each other or three pictures in one image. The subject of a triptych is an important defining characteristic.

Orthographic View

avayardley3 — 2023-10-18 17:49:24 UTC

The orthographic view definition is a projection of one side of the figure onto its perpendicular plane. An orthographic projection consists of three views: the front view, the top view, and a side view.

Barrel Lens Distortion

avayardley3 — 2023-10-18 17:50:22 UTC

Barrel distortion describes a type of distortion wherein lines that are straight in real life appear to curve inwards.

Pincushion Distortion

avayardley3 — 2023-10-18 17:51:08 UTC

In pincushion distortion, image magnification increases with the distance from the optical axis.

ISO

avayardley3 — 2023-10-25 17:44:14 UTC

ISO Sensitivity is a standard set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that represents sensitivity to light as a numerical value.

ASA

avayardley3 — 2023-10-25 17:45:03 UTC

The ASA (American Standards Association) scale is an arbitrary rating of film speed; that is, the sensitivity of the film to light. If everything else is kept constant, the required exposure time is inversely proportional to the ASA rating.

Image Sensor

avayardley3 — 2023-10-25 17:46:27 UTC

the device that collects incoming light when the shutter opens and converts that light into an electrical signal. The camera then analyzes that signal and translates the data into colors, that match the real-life image in the camera's viewfinder.

Film Grain

avayardley3 — 2023-10-25 17:47:27 UTC

the visible silver crystals in a film negative's emulsion. These light-sensitive silver halides change into pure metallic silver when exposed to light, which is how an image is captured on film. So, grain is an inherent part of a film image.

Digital Noise

avayardley3 — 2023-10-25 17:48:19 UTC

a certain type of visual distortion. It looks similar to grain found in film photography, but can also look like splotches of discoloration when it's really bad, and can ruin a photograph.

Aperture

avayardley3 — 2023-11-01 17:43:42 UTC

Aperture refers to the opening of a lens's diaphragm through which light passes. It is calibrated in f/stops and is generally written as numbers such as 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 and 16.

F/Stop

avayardley3 — 2023-11-01 17:44:25 UTC

The f-stop is the "aperture" opening of a camera lens, which allows light to come in. It also determines how much is in focus in front of and behind the subject (see depth of field). The f-stop is one of the two primary measurements of a camera lens.

Lens Focal Length

avayardley3 — 2023-11-01 17:46:21 UTC

The focal length of a lens is determined when the lens is focused at infinity. Lens focal length tells us the angle of view—how much of the scene will be captured—and the magnification—how large individual elements will be. The longer the focal length, the narrower the angle of view and the higher the magnification.

Depth of Field

avayardley3 — 2023-11-01 17:47:12 UTC

the distance between the nearest and furthest elements in a scene that appear to be "acceptably sharp" in an image. The distance between the camera and the first element that is considered to be acceptably sharp is called DoF near limit.

Bokeh

avayardley3 — 2023-11-01 17:47:56 UTC

the effect of a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject, using a fast lens, at the widest aperture, such as f/2.8 or wider.

Auto Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-08 18:43:56 UTC

It gives your camera complete control over its various settings, including the ISO, the aperture, the shutter speed, the autofocus mode, and even the flash.

Program Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-08 18:45:21 UTC

Program mode (the "P" on the mode dial of most DSLRs) means that the camera still sets the exposure for you. It chooses the correct aperture and shutter speed for the light available, so your shot is correctly exposed. Program mode also unlocks other functions that give you more creative control over your images.

Manual Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-08 18:45:52 UTC

Manual mode means you're in charge of adjusting aperture — one of photography's most important elements. It's the hole in the back of your lens that controls light and depth of field via f-numbers.

Shutter Priority Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-08 18:46:51 UTC

Shutter speed priority, also known as shutter priority mode, is when a photographer manually designates a shutter speed for a given exposure, and the camera automatically chooses an appropriate aperture and ISO setting to go with that shutter speed.

Aperture Priority Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-08 18:48:01 UTC

In this camera mode, the photographer selects an aperture, and the camera chooses an appropriate shutter speed based on the available light.

Shutter Speed

avayardley3 — 2023-11-15 18:44:02 UTC

It's the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes. A fast shutter speed creates a shorter exposure — the amount of light the camera takes in — and a slow shutter speed gives the photographer a longer exposure.

Bulb Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-15 18:44:51 UTC

Bulb Mode is an exposure setting that is used when seeking to use a shutter speed of more than 30 seconds. Generally, this would be used in extremely low light situations, such as taking photos of the night sky.

Motion Blur

avayardley3 — 2023-11-15 18:46:14 UTC

Motion blur is the visual streaking or smearing captured on camera as a result of movement of the camera, the subject, or a combination of the two.

Tripods/Monopods

avayardley3 — 2023-11-15 18:47:00 UTC

A tripod has three legs (that's the “tri”). A monopod is a camera support with one leg (the “mono”)

Camera Shake

avayardley3 — 2023-11-15 18:47:55 UTC

Camera shake is a term used to define the act of accidentally shaking a camera during shooting due to unsteady hands, which results in blurry images. This generally occurs more often if you're shooting on a low shutter speed or with a heavy lens, and can be avoided by using a tripod and cable release setup.

Long Exposure

avayardley3 — 2023-11-29 18:43:47 UTC

Long exposure photography is the name given to the technique in which the camera's shutter is left open during a somewhat lengthy period of time. The resulting image captures the trail of moving objects in front of the camera, while showing still elements razor sharp.

Time Lapse

avayardley3 — 2023-11-29 18:44:28 UTC

photographing of a slow and continuous process at regular intervals, for projection at a higher speed.

Light Painting

avayardley3 — 2023-11-29 18:45:27 UTC

Light painting is the art of creating photos by setting long exposure times on a camera and using a moving light source to “paint.” A light painting photographer opens a camera's shutter and keeps it open as they draw in the air with a light source.

Panning

avayardley3 — 2023-11-29 18:46:11 UTC

Panning is a photographic technique that combines a slow shutter speed with camera motion to create a sense of speed around a moving object. It is a way to keep your subject in focus while blurring your background. Panning is typically done on a subject moving horizontally, such as a moving car, or a running dog.

Burst Mode

avayardley3 — 2023-11-29 18:46:46 UTC

Burst mode, also called continuous shooting mode, sports mode, continuous mode, or burst shot, is a shooting mode in still cameras where several photos are captured in quick succession by either pressing the shutter button or holding it down.

Spot Metering

avayardley3 — 2023-12-06 18:44:30 UTC

The most precise of the metering modes, spot metering evaluates light around the chosen focus point or centre of the frame. This provides a precise reading from a very small area of the scene, which means it can be a very effective choice for high-contrast situations.

Partial Metering

avayardley3 — 2023-12-06 18:45:26 UTC

Partial metering covers only the centre 6.2% of the frame in the viewfinder, thus providing precise metering only for the subject. When the background is brighter than the subject due to reasons like back lighting, this metering mode is particularly useful.

Center Weighted Average Metering

avayardley3 — 2023-12-06 18:46:47 UTC

Center-weighted metering uses the center of the frame to base the exposure on. It evaluates the light in the middle of the frame and surroundings, ignoring the corners. It doesn't change position when you change focus points, unlike spot metering, so it will always base its reading on the center of the image.

Evaluative Metering

avayardley3 — 2023-12-06 18:47:44 UTC

Evaluative metering is the mostly used automatic metering mode in everyday photography and can be applied in most shooting scenarios. As its name suggests, it takes a series of readings in zones that cover the entire frame, and then calculates the overall average exposure value.

18% Grey

avayardley3 — 2023-12-06 18:48:22 UTC

If you dive down the rabbit hole of exposure or metering, you won't get too far before you come across the term “middle gray.” It may also be referred to as “neutral gray,” “18% gray”, or “Zone V.” Most simply defined, middle gray is the very center tone between absolute back and absolute white.

Shadows

avayardley3 — 2024-01-10 18:44:09 UTC

Shadows are the dark areas where a light source is blocked by an object. Shadows change shape, intensity, and even color along with the angle, direction, and temperature of light.

Midtones

avayardley3 — 2024-01-10 18:44:43 UTC

The Tonal Range That Lies Between The Extreme Highlights And Shadows, Lending A Sense Of Depth, Dimension, And Naturalness To A Photograph. In photography, understanding light and its different aspects is fundamental.

Highlights

avayardley3 — 2024-01-10 18:45:30 UTC

Highlights are the lightest elements in an image

Vignette

avayardley3 — 2024-01-10 18:46:15 UTC

A vignette is a darker border - sometimes as a blur or a shadow - at the periphery of photos. It can be an intentional effect to highlight certain aspects of the image or as a result of using the wrong settings, equipment or lens when taking a photo.

Sepia Tone

avayardley3 — 2024-01-10 18:47:01 UTC

sepia toning is a chemical process that converts the metallic silver in the emulsion of a photographic print into a silver sulfide compound. This changes the color of the resulting image and makes the photo more resistant to environmental pollutants.

Workspace Switcher

avayardley3 — 2024-01-24 18:44:26 UTC

Workspace Switcher also displays the application windows and dialogs that are open in your workspaces. The panel application displays the workspaces in order from left to right across the rows of the panel application.

Toolbar

avayardley3 — 2024-01-24 18:45:43 UTC

a strip of icons on a computer display providing quick access to certain functions.

Palettes

avayardley3 — 2024-01-24 18:46:36 UTC

Also referred to as 'color palette' the term 'palette' describes the entire range of colors that can be rendered by a digital device such as a camera LCD or a computer monitor.

Menu Bar

avayardley3 — 2024-01-24 18:47:14 UTC

where you'll access different commands to use in Photoshop. For example, from the File menu, you can open and save files. The Image menu allows you to make various adjustments like image size, while the Filter menu gives you access to more advanced tools and effects.

Tool Options Bar

avayardley3 — 2024-01-24 18:47:59 UTC

Many of the tools in Graphic have customizable settings that allow you to adjust their behavior. The settings for the currently selected tool appear in the Tool Options bar above the Canvas. Selected Tool - The name of the currently selected tool appears on the left side of the Tool Options bar.

Cropping

avayardley3 — 2024-01-31 18:45:05 UTC

To “crop” an image is to remove or adjust the outside edges of an image (typically a photo) to improve framing or composition, draw a viewer's eye to the subject, or change the size or aspect ratio. In other words, photo cropping is the act of improving an image by removing unnecessary parts.

Aspect Ratio

avayardley3 — 2024-01-31 18:45:49 UTC

The aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between an image's width and height. Different cameras shoot in different aspect ratios, so whether you're using a digital camera, a 35mm film camera, or an iPhone, they can all vary.

Resolution

avayardley3 — 2024-01-31 18:46:39 UTC

resolution is the level of detail contained in an image. More specifically, it refers to the number of pixels that exist within that image. The higher the resolution, and the richer the pixel count, the more detail and definition you will see.

DPI vs PPI

avayardley3 — 2024-01-31 18:47:32 UTC

PPI (Pixels Per Inch) refers display resolution, or, how many individual pixels are displayed in one inch of a digital image. DPI (Dots Per Inch) refers to printer resolution, or, the number of dots of ink on a printed image.

SOOC [acronym]

avayardley3 — 2024-01-31 18:48:28 UTC

SOOC is an abbreviation of the photography term “Straight Out Of Camera”, simply meaning that an image can be good enough to print straight from the camera without further processing.

File Formats

avayardley3 — 2024-02-07 18:43:57 UTC

An image file format is a file format for a digital image. There are many formats that can be used, such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF. Most formats up until 2022 were for storing 2D images, not 3D ones. The data stored in an image file format may be compressed or uncompressed.

Raw File Format

avayardley3 — 2024-02-07 18:44:56 UTC

A RAW file is the uncompressed and unprocessed image data captured by a digital camera or scanner's sensors. Shooting in RAW captures a high level of image detail, with large file sizes and lossless quality.

.PNG

avayardley3 — 2024-02-07 18:45:44 UTC

PNG is short for Portable Network Graphic, a type of raster image file. It's particularly popular file type with web designers because it can handle graphics with transparent or semi-transparent backgrounds.

.JPEG

avayardley3 — 2024-02-07 18:46:34 UTC

A Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file is a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller. JPEG files are some of the most popular and widely used image formats in the world.

.PSD

avayardley3 — 2024-02-07 18:47:20 UTC

PSD files are the native file format of Adobe Photoshop. You've probably seen files with the . psd extension format, especially if you've been an Adobe Photoshop user.

HDR

avayardley3 — 2024-02-14 18:42:55 UTC

In photography, HDR stands for high dynamic range. Dynamic range is simply the range of the lightest tones to the darkest tones within a photo. Put another way — it's a measure of the light intensities from the highlights to the shadows.

Double Exposure

avayardley3 — 2024-02-14 18:43:40 UTC

Double exposure is a technique that combines two different exposures or images that are layered on top of each other. The image overlaid is less than full opacity so a bit of both images can be seen producing an almost ghost-like image.

Triadic Colors

avayardley3 — 2024-02-14 18:44:17 UTC

A triadic color scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. For example, the three primary colors form a triadic color scheme: red, yellow, and blue. A triadic color scheme uses every fourth color, leaving three colors between each.

Blue Hour

avayardley3 — 2024-02-14 18:44:55 UTC

It is that moment just before sunrise or after sunset when the sun dips below the horizon. This whimsical window of time is when a soft blue light fills the sky; creating a cool, peaceful setting that is every bit as beautiful as golden hour.

Golden Hour

avayardley3 — 2024-02-14 18:45:28 UTC

The last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are coveted by professional photographers. Referred to as “the golden hour” or “magic hour,” these times provide the perfect light to capture stunning photos.

Macro Lens

avayardley3 — 2024-02-21 18:42:48 UTC

A macro lens is a dedicated camera lens that is optically optimized to handle extremely close focusing distances. It can take sharp, highly detailed images of microscopic subjects. It typically has a magnification ratio of 1:1 and a minimum focusing distance of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) or less.

Prime Lens

avayardley3 — 2024-02-21 18:43:28 UTC

In film and photography, a prime lens is a fixed focal length photographic lens (as opposed to a zoom lens), typically with a maximum aperture from f2. 8 to f1. 2. The term can also mean the primary lens in a combination lens system. Confusion between these two meanings can occur without clarifying context.

Telephoto Lens

avayardley3 — 2024-02-21 18:44:07 UTC

Telephoto photography is a type of photography that brings distant subjects closer with the use of long focal lengths. While shorter focal lengths exaggerate subjects closest to you, telephoto lenses allow you to emphasize and bring faraway subjects closer, from people to wildlife to mountains.

Fisheye Lens

avayardley3 — 2024-02-21 18:44:43 UTC

A Fisheye Lens is a type of ultra wide angle lens that distorts the scene or subject to create a hemispherical (or wide panoramic) image. It produces images with an effect similar to that when you look through a door's peephole - warped, circular and extremely wide.

Vibration Reduction

avayardley3 — 2024-02-21 18:45:19 UTC

Vibration Reduction (VR) is an image stabilization technology that minimizes blur caused by camera shake.

DSLR

avayardley3 — 2024-02-28 18:43:25 UTC

a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a solid-state image sensor and digitally records the images from the sensor.

Metadata

avayardley3 — 2024-02-28 18:44:38 UTC

the information and specific details concerning a particular image file. This information often includes date created, author, file name, content, themes and more. Photo metadata offers users a better way to organize, sort and maintain image files within a system.

Thumbnails

avayardley3 — 2024-02-28 18:45:23 UTC

a small image representation of a larger image, usually intended to make it easier and faster to look at or manage a group of larger images

Post Processing

avayardley3 — 2024-02-28 18:46:35 UTC

every change you make to a video or photo after you download the RAW file to your computer. It's the process that takes unrefined images and polishes them into perfect captures.

Layer Masking

avayardley3 — 2024-02-28 18:47:17 UTC

Layer masking is a nondestructive way to hide parts of an image or layer without erasing them.

Lens Crop Factor

avayardley3 — 2024-03-06 18:44:00 UTC

Crop factor is the ratio of a camera sensor's size to a 35mm film frame. Use it to calculate effective focal lengths and compare lenses between DSLRs. Crop factor is a term that describes the difference between your camera's sensor size and a traditional 35mm film frame.

Full Frame Camera

avayardley3 — 2024-03-06 18:44:58 UTC

A full-frame camera is a camera with a full-frame sensor. This is an image sensor that's the same size as the sensor of an analog camera. The biggest advantage of a full-frame camera is that it has no crop factor.

APS-C Camera

avayardley3 — 2024-03-06 18:45:45 UTC

Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film negative in its C ("Classic") format, of 25.1×16.7 mm, an aspect ratio of 3:2 and Ø 30.15 mm field diameter.

Reflector

avayardley3 — 2024-03-06 18:46:15 UTC

A reflector is a photography tool used to redirect light to a subject or scene. It doesn't create light; rather, it redirects light that is already there. A reflector is good for creating fill light or lessening shadows.

Scrim [diffuser]

avayardley3 — 2024-03-06 18:47:05 UTC

A scrim is a material placed between your light source and your subject that either reduces light or diffuses (and reduces) light.

Saturation

avayardley3 — 2024-03-13 17:44:29 UTC

the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

Color Balance

avayardley3 — 2024-03-13 17:45:03 UTC

the adjustment that in addition makes other colors in a displayed image appear to have the same general appearance as the colors in an original scene.

Hue

avayardley3 — 2024-03-13 17:45:44 UTC

a color or shade.

Vibrance

avayardley3 — 2024-03-13 17:46:23 UTC

Specifically, vibrance boosts colors that are more muted.

Contrast [editing term]

avayardley3 — 2024-03-13 17:46:59 UTC

Contrast is the range of brightness, from lightest to darkest, in an image.

Move Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-03-20 17:43:49 UTC

The move tool allows you to move objects. You can select layers with it, so if each of your objects is on a separate layer, this tool will move those objects just by clicking on them and dragging.

Patch Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-03-20 17:44:27 UTC

The Patch tool is one of the most used and most helpful tools for photo editors. If you want to remove something distracting from the background of an image or even out an area that appears irregular, such as acne on a model's face, you're going to want to use this tool.

Clone Stamp Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-03-20 17:44:53 UTC

The clone stamp tool is used to sample pixels from one part of the image to paint in another (see options bar view in Figure 1). This is an essential tool for retouching work such as spotting (which is discussed in more detail in Chapter 8) and general image repairing.

Spot Healing Brush Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-03-20 17:45:19 UTC

The Spot Healing Brush tool magically removes unwanted spots, marks, or small objects in your image. Photoshop selects and replaces pixels from another part of your image to blend in seamlessly.

Healing Brush Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-03-20 17:45:48 UTC

The tool is designed to retouch unwanted dust spots, blemishes, scratches, stray hairs and other small image imperfections, like the Clone Stamp Tool but it is much easier, especially for new users, to work with.

Lasso Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-03 17:44:13 UTC

The lasso is an editing tool available, with minor variations, in most digital image editing softwares and some specific strategy games. It is often accessed from the standard main menu, by clicking the icon of a dotted line shaped like a rope lasso, from which the common name arises.

Magic Wand Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-03 17:45:00 UTC

The Magic Wand tool automatically selects an object or area of your image, using machine learning to discern what you might be trying to select.

Polygonal Lasso Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-03 17:45:52 UTC

The Polygonal Lasso Tool creates selections with straight edges. It is perfect for selecting objects like buildings and products.

Quick Selection Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-03 17:46:35 UTC

The Quick Selection tool allows you to quickly and easily select one area or section of an image.

Rectangular/Elliptical Marquee Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-03 17:47:33 UTC

The rectangular marquee tool in Photoshop, of course, enables you to create selections of rectangular shapes, but there is a related tool called the elliptical marquee tool, that enables you to create selections that, of course, have elliptical or even circular shapes.

Brush Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-10 17:44:52 UTC

A brush tool is one of the basic tools found in graphic design and editing applications. It is a part of the painting tool set which may also include pencil tools, pen tools, fill color and many others.

Zoom Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-10 17:45:59 UTC

The zoom tool is used for magnifying a selected part of the image. The first option is called Auto-resize window.

Hand Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-10 17:46:45 UTC

The Hand tool allows you to move your image while you're zoomed in to more than 100% and part of the image is out of view. Select the Hand tool (H) from the tool bar or press and hold the spacebar key to temporarily switch to the Hand tool.

Horizontal Type Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-10 17:47:30 UTC

The Horizontal Type tool allows you to add horizontal text to your images. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T) . Use the Options bar to customize tool settings, like Font Style, Font Size, and, Text Color, to get the effect you want. Add point text (to add a few words like a heading or title) or paragraph text.

Gradient Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-10 17:47:58 UTC

What is the Gradient tool in Photoshop? The Gradient tool allows you to create gradual changes of color and light across an image with power and precision.

Paint Bucket

avayardley3 — 2024-04-17 17:43:43 UTC

The Paint Bucket tool Mode setting allows you to create more advanced color fills for interesting effects and a higher degree of control.

Straighten Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-17 17:44:51 UTC

The exercise of straightening a photo is to align the edges of elements such that they are parallel with the edges of the photo's frame.

Crop Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-17 17:45:18 UTC

The Crop tool removes the part of an image surrounding the selection.

Smudge Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-17 17:46:31 UTC

The Smudge tool simulates a brush smearing wet paint. The brush picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you swipe or nudge it.

Sponge Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-17 17:47:38 UTC

The Sponge tool in PSE works much like the sponge sitting on your kitchen sink. It can be used to soak up color (desaturate) or wring it out (saturate).

Dodge Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-24 17:45:00 UTC

The Dodge tool allows you to lighten specific areas of your image without affecting hue or saturation. Select the Dodge tool (O) . Use the Options bar to customize tool settings, like brush size, range, and exposure, to get the effect you want.

Burn Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-24 17:45:29 UTC

The Burn tool darkens areas of an image. The more you paint over an area with the Burn tool, the darker it becomes. From the toolbar, click and hold the icon for the Dodge, Burn, or Sponge retouching tool, whichever is active.

Blur Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-24 17:46:09 UTC

Use the Filter menu, select the Blur tool, choose which type of blur you want to use, and adjust accordingly with the blur slider.

Sharpen Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-24 17:47:03 UTC

The Sharpen tool focuses soft edges in a photo to increase clarity or focus. Oversharpening a photo gives it a grainy look. You can avoid oversharpening by setting a lower Strength value in the options bar.

Select and Mask Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-04-24 17:47:49 UTC

The Select and Mask Properties panel has multiple controls for refining all the edges of a selection. The Radius slider can often be useful to improve soft edges, such as foliage or hair. The Shift Edge slider expands or contracts the selection edges and can be useful to remove edge fringes.

Tracking [Text]

avayardley3 — 2024-05-01 17:46:07 UTC

You've seen tracking text. It is onscreen text that seems to move with the image, almost as if it were part of the shot. Done well, it can be mesmerizing. The reason it's so captivating is because it is both unexpected and organic. It is certainly something that attracts the eye.

Leading [Text]

avayardley3 — 2024-05-01 17:47:31 UTC

Leading is the space between multiple lines of type, which can be as few as two lines of type to, well, as many lines as needed. Leading is measured from baseline (the imaginary line upon which a line of text rests) to baseline.

Kerning [Text]

avayardley3 — 2024-05-01 17:48:32 UTC

Kerning is the spacing between individual letters or characters. Unlike tracking, which adjusts the amount of space between the letters of an entire word in equal increments, kerning is focused on how type looks — creating readable text that's visually pleasing.

Transform Tool

avayardley3 — 2024-05-01 17:49:17 UTC

Transform in Photoshop is a powerful feature that allows users to modify images or objects within the program to fit their creative needs.

Clipping Mask

avayardley3 — 2024-05-01 17:50:15 UTC

A clipping mask is a group of layers to which a mask is applied.