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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Ten architectural photos


Project 3: Hawaii


Weekly Vocabulary 5/29

1. Zone system- a system for envisioning the values to appear in a black-and-whiteprint and for determining exposure and development, based on a scale of shadesranging from 0 (black) to IX (white).

2. Bromoil Process- a process for making an offset reproduction by first making aphotographic print on paper with a silver bromide emulsion, wetting it, and thenusing it as a lithographic plate, the lighter parts of the emulsion tending to repel theoil base of the ink and the darker parts tending to hold it

3. Photo-Secession- an association of photographers founded in New York City in1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development andpublic recognition of photography as a fine art

Weekly Vocabulary 5/22

1.Speed Graphic camera-Produced by Graflex in Rochester, New York, the Speed Graphic is commonly called the most famous press camera. It was standard equipment for many American press photographers until the mid-1960s.

2. Contax camera- a camera brand noted for its technical innovation and wide range of Zeiss lenses, known for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format, and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics

3. Polaroid Spectra-introduced in 1986. It was an all-new line of cameras, and had a corresponding new film. Spectra cameras are thought to take higher-quality pictures than a conventional 600 Polaroid camera, due to the camera's higher build quality and a proportionally larger print area.