Project- Architecture

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.

California High School Collage

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Weekly Vocabulary 5/12

1. EXIF-a standard that specifies the formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other systems handling image and sound files recorded by digital cameras.

2. TIFF-a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry,[1] and both amateur and professional photographers in general. The format was originally created by the company Aldus for use in desktop publishing.

3.Geotagged Photograph-a photograph which is associated with a geographical location by geotagging. Usually this is done by assigning at least a latitude and longitude to the image, and optionally altitude, compass bearing and other fields may also be included.

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Prime Lens (FFL)-either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens, or it is the primary lens in a combination lens system.

2. Wide- Angle Lens-wide-angle lenses differ from ultra wide angle lenses in that the latter have a focal length shorter than the short side of the film or sensor, which means that in 35 mm, a wide-angle lens has a focal length between 35 and 24 mm, while an ultra wide-angle lens has a focal length shorter than 24 mm.

3. Calypso underwater camera- self-contained amphibious underwater Calypso 35mm film camera was conceived by the marine explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau

4. Through-the-lens metering-is a photographic term describing a feature of cameras capable of measuring light levels in a scene through their taking lenses, as opposed to a separate metering window.

Social Issue

I will plan to do superstores Vs. Main Street

Weekly Vocabulary 4/25

1. Freelancer-working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company.

2. VII Photo Agency-VII is a photo agency representing 30 photojournalists, known for its focus on conflict photography

3. Realism-the quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.

Clone Stamp

Weekly Vocabulary 4/2

1. Vest Pocket Kodak: Common camera that was easily concealable and small. It was commonly used during World War I

2. Meniscus Lens: a convex-concave lens and is thicker at the center than at the edges

3. Rapid Rectinear Lens (RR Lens): a lens that is symmetrical about its aperture stop with four elements in two groups

Weekly Vocabulary 3/28

1. Photodetector: sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy

2. Infrared:  electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, extending from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum at 700nanometers (nm) to 1 mm.

3. Light-emitting diode: a two-lead semiconductor light source that resembles a basic pn-junction diode, except that an LED also emits light.

4.Thermal imaging camera:  a type of thermographic camera used in firefighting. By rendering infrared radiation as visible light, such cameras allow firefighters to see areas of heat through smoke, darkness, or heat-permeable barriers.

Weekly Vocabulary 3/21

1. Panoramic Photography: a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view 

2. Colour Banding:a problem of inaccurate colour presentation in computer graphics. In 24 bit colour modes, 8 bits per channel is usually considered sufficient to render images in Rec. 709 or sRGB.  

3. Dither: an intentionally applied form of noise used to randomize quantization error, preventing large-scale patterns such as color banding in images.

Jump photo

Weekly Vocabulary 3/14

Magnum Photo: International photographic cooperative that shares human quality, what is going on in the world, and respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually

Black Propaganda: False information and material that purports to be from a source on one side of conflict, and suppress the opposing side

White Propaganda: Truthful states that are used in order to convince others through persuasion.

Grey Propaganda:  Propaganda that does not identify its source

Weekly Vocabulary 3/7

Staged Photography: Photos taken of a set stage

Tableau Photography:  A picture grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene

Pictorial photography: An international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the 19th and early 20th centuries

Weekly Vocabulary 2/28

Soft Focus: A lens flaw in which the lens forms images that are blurred due to spherical aberration

Surrealism: A cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

Cropping: The removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio

Anamorphic Format: The cinematography technique of shooting a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film or other visual recording media

20 images in motion