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Genre

KarenDinh — 2021-01-26 21:13:52 UTC

A category of artistic composition, as in music, literature, characterized in similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

35MM Film

KarenDinh — 2021-01-26 21:18:29 UTC

The standard photographic film for analog single lens reflex (SLR) still cameras and motion picture cameras. It is 35 x 24.

Twin Lens Camera

KarenDinh — 2021-01-26 21:20:40 UTC

A twins lens camera is a type of camera with 2 objective lenses of the same focal length.

Large Format Camera

KarenDinh — 2021-01-26 21:21:41 UTC

Large Format Cameras were one of the earlier photographic devices. Large format refers to any imaging format of 9 x 12 cm or larger.

Gelatin Silver Process

KarenDinh — 2021-01-26 21:23:00 UTC

The gelatin silver process is the chemical process in black and white and it is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography.

Curator

KarenDinh — 2021-02-01 17:51:57 UTC

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection

Exhibition

KarenDinh — 2021-02-01 17:52:53 UTC

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

Framing

KarenDinh — 2021-02-01 17:54:10 UTC

The action of framing something such as a picture

Gallery

KarenDinh — 2021-02-01 17:56:17 UTC

A room or building for the display of art or sale of works of art.

Copyright

KarenDinh — 2021-02-01 17:57:38 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.

Line

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:52:07 UTC

A line in a photo is a point that moves, leading towards something

Shape

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:52:53 UTC

Shape describes a flat, enclosed area of space. Shapes can be constructed with colors and lines, but all shapes are limited to two dimensions

Color

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:53:34 UTC

Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors

Form

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:54:49 UTC

Form refers to when shape takes on three dimensions. Form is created by shadows and highlights on an object in the photograph

Texture

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:55:29 UTC

Photography texture refers to the visual quality of the surface of an object, revealed through variances in shape, tone and color depth.

Value

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:56:06 UTC

Value defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be

Space

KarenDinh — 2021-02-08 17:56:28 UTC

Space is another element that gives depth to your image. All images should have some kind of foreground, middle ground, and a background.

Balance

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:52:24 UTC

Balance, one of the key principles of design, refers to the way visual elements are arranged so that their visual weight harmonizes with the other elements in the design, and the composition gives an appearance of properly distributed elements

Variety

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:53:19 UTC

Variety is about varying elements and objects in your image, to avoid making them boring. Variety can also be varying your angles, exposure, composition, etc., to get a few different looks to the same image

Pattern

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:54:12 UTC

Pattern as a principle of design may be defined as regular arrangement of repeated same elements i.e. line, shape, colors over and over again

Proportion

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:55:13 UTC

Scale and proportion are both design elements that have to do with size. Scale is the size of one object in relation to the other objects in a design or artwork

Movement

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:56:09 UTC

Movement 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

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:57:26 UTC

Unity is the principle of design that unifies all other principles within a piece of work, allowing each individual element to coexist with one another to form an aesthetically pleasing design

Emphasis

KarenDinh — 2021-02-16 20:58:37 UTC

Emphasis is a strategy that aims to draw the viewer's attention to a specific design element. The aim is to create a focal point in the design: an eye-catching part that stands out, distinct from the rest of the design elements.

Radial Symmetry

KarenDinh — 2021-02-22 17:52:26 UTC

Radial balance relates to elements that spread out from a central point. When the visual weight of these elements is evenly spread, the result is radial symmetry

Symmetrical

KarenDinh — 2021-02-22 17:53:00 UTC

Symmetrical balance (or Symmetry) means that the work of art is the same on one side as the other, a mirror image of itself, on both sides of a centerline

Asymmetrical

KarenDinh — 2021-02-22 17:53:41 UTC

Asymmetrical balance in art is when each half is different but has equal visual weight

Justaxoposition

KarenDinh — 2021-02-22 17:54:39 UTC

Simply stated, juxtaposition means things side-by-side. In art this usually is done with the intention of bringing out a specific quality or creating an effect, particularly when two contrasting or opposing elements are used

Monochromatic

KarenDinh — 2021-02-22 17:55:13 UTC

A monochrome or monochromatic painting is one created using only one colour or hue. It can use different shades of one color but by definition should contain only one base color

Cool Colors

KarenDinh — 2021-03-01 17:51:15 UTC

The phrase cool color is used to describe any color that is calm or soothing in nature. Cool colors are not overpowering and tend to recede in space.

Warm Colors

KarenDinh — 2021-03-01 17:51:47 UTC

The phrase warm color is 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

Neutral Colors

KarenDinh — 2021-03-01 17:52:10 UTC

In the context of interior design, neutral means without color. Neutrals such as beige, ivory, taupe, black, gray and shades of white appear to be without color, but in many applications these hues often have undertones.

Complementary Colors

KarenDinh — 2021-03-01 17:52:33 UTC

Complementary colors are two colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. As an artist, knowing which colors are complementary to one another can help you make good color decisions

Triadic Colors

KarenDinh — 2021-03-01 17:53:11 UTC

A triadic color scheme is comprised of three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel. The two most basic triadic palettes are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow and the secondary hues orange, purple, and green

Rule of Thirds

KarenDinh — 2021-03-08 17:52:42 UTC

Using a grid, put the main focus of the picture on one of the 4 points on the grid in which it is not centered.

Leading Lines

KarenDinh — 2021-03-08 17:53:29 UTC

Leading lines are lines that appear in a photograph that have been framed and positioned by the photographer to draw the viewer's eye towards a specific point of interest

Golden Ratio

KarenDinh — 2021-03-08 17:53:53 UTC

It helps to lead the viewer through the entire photo. The composition will be more pleasing and balanced for the human eye.

Positive Space

KarenDinh — 2021-03-08 17:55:28 UTC

Positive space is any part of the photo that jumps out from its surroundings. That includes your subject

Negative Space

KarenDinh — 2021-03-08 17:56:03 UTC

Simply put, positive space is the actual subject while negative space (also called white space) is the area surrounding the subject

Backlight

KarenDinh — 2021-03-15 16:53:33 UTC

Backlight in photography involves positioning the main light source for a photograph behind the primary subject.

Diffused Lighting

KarenDinh — 2021-03-15 16:53:55 UTC

Diffused light is non-directional light, where the intensity of light is even.

Ambient Lighting

KarenDinh — 2021-03-15 16:54:58 UTC

Ambient Light traditionally refers to any form of light that the photographer did not add to their image, and can include both "natural" ambient sunlight, or "artificial" ambient light such as a nearby street light, lamp, or similar.

Chiaroscuro

KarenDinh — 2021-03-15 16:55:39 UTC

Chiaroscuro is a photography technique and style often referred to as “clair obscur” or “extreme low key”. ... This style of photography is often well-suited for portraits, still life, and boudoir, or simply to give a scene the illusion of being three-dimensional.

Silhouette

KarenDinh — 2021-03-15 16:56:22 UTC

A silhouette is defined as a view of an object or a scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.

Objective/Subjective

KarenDinh — 2021-03-22 16:53:24 UTC

Objective means to have no feelings about a topic and to be completely unbiased. Subjective is when you are bias towards a subject.

Constructive Criticism

KarenDinh — 2021-03-22 16:54:20 UTC

Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments

Plagarism

KarenDinh — 2021-03-22 16:55:07 UTC

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

Trademark

KarenDinh — 2021-03-22 16:55:35 UTC

A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others

Ethical

KarenDinh — 2021-03-22 16:55:55 UTC

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct

Diptych

KarenDinh — 2021-04-05 16:53:44 UTC

A diptych is a painting or relief carving made of two parts, which are usually joined by hinges.

Triptych

KarenDinh — 2021-04-05 16:55:07 UTC

a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together

Pixel

KarenDinh — 2021-04-05 16:56:24 UTC

In digital imaging, a pixel(or picture element) is the smallest item of information in an image.

Golden Hour

KarenDinh — 2021-04-05 16:56:41 UTC

The last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are coveted by professional photographers.

Blue Hour

KarenDinh — 2021-04-05 16:57:15 UTC

During the blue "hour", red light passes through space while blue light is scattered in the atmosphere, and thus reaches Earth's surface

File Format

KarenDinh — 2021-04-12 16:53:00 UTC

A file format defines the structure and type of data stored in a file

JPEG

KarenDinh — 2021-04-12 16:54:32 UTC

JPEG stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Group”. It's a standard image format for containing lossy and compressed image data

Raw

KarenDinh — 2021-04-12 16:55:11 UTC

RAW file is the most common file format for uncompressed images captured by digital cameras and Scanners

.Tiff

KarenDinh — 2021-04-12 16:56:07 UTC

TIFF is a lossless raster format that stands for Tagged Image File Format. Because of its extremely high quality, the format is primarily used in photography and desktop publishing

.PSD

KarenDinh — 2021-04-12 16:56:54 UTC

PSD (Photoshop Document) is an image file format native to Adobe's popular Photoshop Application.

Shadows

KarenDinh — 2021-04-19 16:52:29 UTC

When talking about photography the term 'shadow' is used to describe the darkest parts of an image.

Midtones

KarenDinh — 2021-04-19 16:52:53 UTC

A mid-tone is precisely that – all luminance values that are not dark or light are considered to be mid-tones.

Highlights

KarenDinh — 2021-04-19 16:53:18 UTC

Highlights are usually defined as the brightest area in a photo.

Sepia

KarenDinh — 2021-04-19 16:54:38 UTC

Sepia toning is a chemical process used in photography which changes the appearance of black-and-white prints to brown

Post Processing

KarenDinh — 2021-04-19 16:55:11 UTC

Post processing is process of editing the data captured by camera while taking the photo to enhance the image.

Auto Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-04-26 16:54:27 UTC

Automatic Exposure is when the camera chooses the optimum shutter speed, aperture, ISO and flash settings for your shot.

Program Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-04-26 16:55:08 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.

Aperture Priority Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-04-26 16:55:38 UTC

a setting on some cameras that allows the user to set a specific aperture value (f-number) while the camera selects a shutter speed to match it that will result in proper exposure based on the lighting conditions

Shutter Priority Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-04-26 16:56:27 UTC

Shutter priority (usually denoted as S on the mode dial), also called time value (abbreviated as Tv), refers to a setting on some cameras that allows the user to choose a specific shutter speed while the camera adjusts the aperture to ensure correct exposure.

Manual Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-04-26 16:58:04 UTC

Manual mode on a camera allows the photographer to determine the exposure of an image by letting them select an aperture value and a shutter speed value.

Aperture

KarenDinh — 2021-05-17 16:52:51 UTC

Aperture refers to the opening of a lens's diaphragm through which light passes

Bokeh

KarenDinh — 2021-05-17 16:53:36 UTC

Bokeh is defined as “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.

Shallow vs Wide Depth of Field

KarenDinh — 2021-05-17 16:56:15 UTC

A shallow depth of field can capture only a certain focal point and make the background blurry or out of focus. A wide depth of field can capture everything in the frame

ASA

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 19:54:57 UTC

ASA and ISO are both measurements of film speed, or sensitivity to light. ASA is a scale created by the American Standards Association, but it is no longer widely used.

ISO

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 19:57:39 UTC

ISO originally referred to the sensitivity of film—it's "light gathering" ability. ... For digital photography, ISO refers to the sensitivity

Film Grain

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 19:58:23 UTC

Film grain or granularity is the random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons

Digital Noise

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 19:58:56 UTC

“noise” is the commonly-used term to describe visual distortion. It looks similar to grain found in film photographs, but can also look like splotches of discoloration when it's really bad, and can ruin a photograph.

Image Sensor

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 19:59:29 UTC

An image sensor is a solid-state device, the part of the camera's hardware that captures light and converts what you see through a viewfinder or LCD monitor into an image.

Shutter Speed

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 20:00:56 UTC

Shutter speed is how long an image is exposed to light — it can be milliseconds, or even minutes. As one of three elements that affect how light or dark an image is (called exposure), understanding shutter speed is essential to taking full creative control of the camera.

Bulb Mode

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 20:01:20 UTC

Bulb mode is an exposure setting on your camera that allows you to hold your shutter open for as long as you want. When Bulb mode is set, your shutter will stay open for as long as you have your finger on the shutter button,

Motion Blur

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 20:01:51 UTC

In photography, motion blur is the purposeful streaking or blurring of an object in motion in a photo for visual effect. It's a great technique for capturing movement in a still image, and is often used in both nature photography and sports photography.

Camera Shake

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 20:02:15 UTC

Camera shake is one of the major curses of handheld photography. ... Camera shake occurs when your shutter speed is slow enough that it will not freeze your natural body shaking

Tripod/ Monopod

KarenDinh — 2021-06-02 20:02:44 UTC

Using a tripod, you can shoot longer exposures than you could with a monopod. A monopod will reduce some camera shake. But tripods are best for taking seconds or even minutes-long exposures

Lens Focal Length

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:37:00 UTC

The focal length of the lens is the distance between the lens and the image sensor when the subject is in focus, usually stated in millimetres (e.g., 28 mm, 50 mm, or 100 mm)

Prime vs Telephoto Lens

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:37:58 UTC

A Prime lens is one that has a fixed focal length; there is no zoom ring on the lens so the focal length always remains the same. ... 12-24mm or 16-35mm), the telephoto zoom lens (eg. 70-200mm, 100-400mm, and 150-600mm), or the multi-purpose zoom lens (such as the 18-300mm and 24-105mm lenses)

Long Exposure

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:38:46 UTC

The longer the exposure, the mistier the water appears. Use your camera's self-timer or a cable release to take the photo with absolutely no blurring.

Time Lapse

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:39:19 UTC

Time Lapse means that you shoot a single frame of video at a certain time interval that you choose, such as one frame per second or one frame per minute.

Light Painting

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:39:45 UTC

Sometimes called light drawing or light graffiti, light painting is the photographic technique of using a moving light source—such as a flashlight, glow stick, light brush, or even a smartphone—to alter an image while taking a long exposure photograph.

Panning

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:40:15 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.

Camera Resolution

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:40:42 UTC

The term "Resolution", when used to describe a digital camera refers to the size of the digital image the camera produces, and is usually expressed in terms of "megapixels" or how many million pixels it can record in a single image.

Thank You

KarenDinh — 2021-06-03 17:41:56 UTC

Thank you for a great school year Mr. Briones! I had a lot of fun in this photography class and I can say that I always looked forward to this period. I learned so much about photography and editing in this class even online which is hard to teach. So, thank you for being an amazing teacher! <3