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Thursday, February 27, 2014

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

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Gif image


Weekly Vocabulary

Gif: Graphic Interchange Format

Zoopraxiscope: Early device for displaying motion pictures

Kinetoscope: Early motion picture exhibition device designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole

Chronophotography: Antique photographic technique from the Victorian Era that captures movement in several frames of print

Monday, February 10, 2014

Weekly Photogarphy 2/10

Conceptual Photography: A type of photography that illustrates an idea

Stock Photography: The supply of photographs licensed for specific uses. It is used to fulfill the needs of creative assignments instead of hiring a photographer.

Microstock Photography: Low priced royalty free stock photos

Istock Photography:

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Jamil Pop Art


Weekly Vocabulary 2/6



Pop Art: An art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s that challenged the traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising.

Dadaism: European Artistic and literary movement that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity

Photomontage: The process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining two or more photographs into an illusion.

Constructivism: an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia and rejected the idea of autonomous art