https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1 Digital Photography en-us 2019-08-26 18:29:51 UTC 2019-11-04 20:10:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image?t=f_webp,g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f4f8.png jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230047 when wavelengths of color are focused at different positions in the focal plane.]]> 2019-08-26 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230047 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230134 an image entails conversion of a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.]]> 2019-08-26 18:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230134 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230528 form of distortion that occurs when two elements of the signal being processed to form a digital image become indistinguishable from one another. Aliasing often appears in an image in the form of moiré or false coloring. ... The image can then be sharpened during post-processing.]]> 2019-08-26 18:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377230528 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377231288 Artifacts are the unwanted side-effects of processing an image. In this case, they result from the way data is compressed by the JPEG algorithm.]]> 2019-08-26 18:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377231288 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377231678 When straight lines are curved inwards in a shape of abarrel, this type of aberration is called “barreldistortion”. Commonly seen on wide angle lenses,barrel distortion happens because the field of view of the lens is much wider than the size of the image sensor and hence it needs to be “squeezed” to fit.]]> 2019-08-26 18:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/377231678 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072160 Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film negative in its C format, of 25.1×16.7 mm, an aspect ratio of 3:2.]]> 2019-09-06 18:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072160 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072505 A full-frame camera uses a sensor that's the same size as a single frame of traditional 35mm film, measuring 36 x 24mm. The more popular APS-C sensor size found in most DSLRs and mirrorless cameras measures 22 x 15mm. This means a full-frame sensor has more than 2.5 times the surface area of an APS-C sensor.]]> 2019-09-06 18:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072505 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072783 An image sensor is an electronic device that converts an optical image into an electronic signal.]]> 2019-09-06 18:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072783 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072891 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.]]> 2019-09-06 18:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381072891 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381073218 Units of measure to describe size of digital files]]> 2019-09-06 18:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/381073218 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386787625 consist of interlocking shapes and geometric planes are examples of cubism.]]> 2019-09-19 17:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386787625 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386788328 minimalism depends on high simplicity and involves using a minimal amount of compositional components such as shape, color, and line. The goal of minimalist art, or photography, is to convey a concept – or an idea – provoke an emotional response, or provide a unique visual experience.]]> 2019-09-19 17:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386788328 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386788659 Pop Art is a distinctive genre of art that first “popped” up in post-war Britain and America. Primarily characterized by an interest in popular culture and imaginative interpretations of commercial products, the movement ushered in a new and accessible approach to art.]]> 2019-09-19 17:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386788659 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386789230 The term is used where the artist is being innovative and experimental in an aspect of their art. The Avant-garde in photography are critical of existing aesthetic views.]]> 2019-09-19 17:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386789230 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386789717 a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.]]> 2019-09-19 17:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/386789717 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392095428 Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. ... Inherent in our understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work re contextualizes whatever it borrows to create the new work.]]> 2019-10-01 18:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392095428 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392096257 In photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in respect of two images. The exposure values may or may not be identical to each other.]]> 2019-10-01 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392096257 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392096788 Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects. It is the application of photography to the still life artistic style. An example is food photography.]]> 2019-10-01 18:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392096788 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392097335 In a nutshell, commercial photography means taking photos for commercial use. And by commercial we mean for business, for sales, for money. Commercial photography is often associated with advertisements, sales pitches, brochures, product placements as well as merchandising.]]> 2019-10-01 18:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392097335 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392097717 Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other flying object. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, pigeons, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle-mounted poles.]]> 2019-10-01 18:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/392097717 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393168751 A histogram is a graphical representation of the tonal values of your image. In other words, it shows the amount of tones of particular brightness found in your photograph ranging from black (0% brightness) to white (100% brightness).]]> 2019-10-03 17:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393168751 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393172556 Anti-art is a loosely used term applied to an array of concepts and attitudes that reject prior definitions of art and question art in general. Somewhat paradoxically, anti-art tends to conduct this questioning and rejection from the vantage point of art. ... It was used to describe revolutionary forms of art.]]> 2019-10-03 17:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393172556 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393172953 Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium.]]> 2019-10-03 17:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393172953 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393173518 In photography and optics, a neutral-density filter, orND filter, is a filter that reduces or modifies the intensity of all wavelengths, or colors, of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition. It can be a colorless (clear) or grey filter, and is denoted by Wratten number 96.]]> 2019-10-03 17:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393173518 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393173936 Cross processing (sometimes abbreviated to Xpro) is the deliberate processing of photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film. The effect was discovered independently by many different photographers often by mistake in the days of C-22 and E-4.]]> 2019-10-03 17:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/393173936 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396304967 The honeycomb grid is a tight structure of a similar shape to the honeycomb made by honey bees. It's affixed to the front of a studio strobe. Or it can be fixed to an off-camera flash. The light shines through the grid and creates a tight beam of light.]]> 2019-10-10 17:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396304967 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396306217 A beauty dish is a photographic lighting device that uses a parabolic reflector to distribute light towards a focal point. The light created is between that of a direct flash and a soft box, giving the image a wrapped, contrasted look, which adds a more dramatic effect.]]> 2019-10-10 17:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396306217 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396306826 In photography, a snoot is a tube or similar object that fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam. These may be conical, cylindrical, or rectangular in shape.]]> 2019-10-10 17:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396306826 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396307593 In its essence, a softbox is nothing more than a light modifier. Oh, but what it can do! A softbox diffuses the light into a pleasing soft, even light. When used properly, it reduces harsh shadows. The closer the softbox is to the model or subject, the softer the light appears, emulating window light.]]> 2019-10-10 17:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396307593 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396308306 A monolight is a self-contained photographic flash lighting unit usually found in a studio. Each monolight has its own independent power source. It does not depend on a centralized power supply as a "pack and head" system does.]]> 2019-10-10 17:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/396308306 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406479815 a light source that causes a specular highlight in a subject's eye in an image. ... The technique is effective in both still and motion picture photography; helping to draw attention towards the subject's eyes, which may otherwise get lost among other elements in the scene.]]> 2019-11-04 19:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406479815 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406480741 In the Curves adjustment, you adjust points throughout an image's tonal range. Initially, the image's tonality is represented as a straight diagonal line on a graph. When adjusting an RGB image, the upper-right area of the graph represents the highlights and the lower-left area represents the shadows.]]> 2019-11-04 19:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406480741 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406481347 Levels is a tool in Photoshop and other image editing programs which can move and stretch the brightness levels of an image histogram. It has the power to adjust brightness, contrast, and tonal range by specifying the location of complete black, complete white, and midtones in a histogram.]]> 2019-11-04 19:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406481347 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406481772 A ring light is a simple lighting tool that is commonly used for beauty shots, portraits, and macro photography. ... When used in photography, it creates an attractive catch light on a subject's eyes while emitting even, diffused lighting that helps eliminate shadows.]]> 2019-11-04 19:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406481772 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406482328 By tilting the lens, you change the center of that imaging circle, which can straighten the lines that appear to converge in the distance. The camera body remains in the same position, but the tilt shift adjusts the lens' perspective. That makes tilt shiftlenses a big help for architectural photography.

]]> 2019-11-04 19:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406482328 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406484032 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.]]> 2019-11-04 19:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406484032 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406484593 also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass made by a variant of the wet plate collodion process. Like a print on paper, it is viewed by reflected light.]]> 2019-11-04 19:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406484593 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406485143 Polaroid transfer is a photographic image-transfer process, or print making technique, which uses instant film. This way an image can be put on textiles, cups, glass and many other surfaces.]]> 2019-11-04 19:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406485143 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406486105 an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph.]]> 2019-11-04 19:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406486105 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406487482 Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. The process uses two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.]]> 2019-11-04 19:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406487482 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406487776 an organic alternative photography process akin to the anthotype process. However, instead of printing on the crushed extract of fruit or plant matter, the prints are bleached by sunlight directly onto the surface of leaves using a positive.]]> 2019-11-04 19:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406487776 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406488850 Split lighting is a technique that produces a sense of drama to a portrait. This form of lighting is when half of the subject's face is lit, while the other half is left dark. The light is evenly divided over the subject.]]> 2019-11-04 19:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406488850 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406489048 a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment.]]> 2019-11-04 19:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406489048 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406506701 Loop lighting is a portrait lighting pattern where the subject is lit from about 45 degrees in front of them and above. This creates a nose shadow that 'loops' down at an angle onto their cheek. It is a slightly directional lighting pattern - the light is not flat, but the face is still mostly illuminated.]]> 2019-11-04 20:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406506701 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406507388 Butterfly lighting is a portrait lighting pattern where the key light is placed above and directly centered with a subject's face. This creates a shadow under the nose that resembles a butterfly. It's also known as 'Paramount lighting,' named for classic Hollywood glamour photography.]]> 2019-11-04 20:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406507388 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406507733 Broad lighting is a portrait lighting pattern where the portion of the subject's face that is turned toward the camera is lit most brightly. ... Broad lighting is typically less flattering than short lighting as it widens the look of the face.]]> 2019-11-04 20:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406507733 jakecurran16 https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406508118 Short lighting, by definition, refers to when the main light illuminates the side of the face that is turned away from the camera. This lets light fall on the narrow side of the face leaving a shadow on the broad side of the face, which is facing the camera.]]> 2019-11-04 20:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jakecurran16/vocab1/wish/406508118