CMT 11 PHOTOGRAPHY TERMS ASSIGNMENT

CMT 11 PHOTOGRAPHY TERMS ASSIGNMENT

1.   Aperture- A space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, esp.  the variable opening by which light enters a camera.

2.      Dept of field- The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

3.      Darkroom- A room from which normal light is excluded, used for developing photographs.

4.      Developer- A person or organization that develops something.

5.      Enlargement- A photograph that is larger than the negative from which it is produced or than a print that has already been made from it.

6.      F-stop-The measurement of the aperture setting in a camera lens.

7.      Fixer- A substance used for fixing a photographic image

8.      ISO- A substance used for fixing a photographic image.

9.      Panning- Swing (a video or movie camera) in a horizontal or vertical plane, typically to give a panoramic effect or follow a subject.

10.  Single-lens reflex camera- A single-lens reflex (SLR) camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system.

11.  Stop bath- A bath for stopping the action of a preceding bath by neutralizing any of its chemical still present.

12.  Telephoto lens- a camera lens that magnifies the image.

13.  View camera- a camera equipped with a lens mount and film holder that can be raised or set at an angle.

14.  Viewfinder camera- is the single most important user interface on any camera.

15.  Zoom lens- A lens allowing a camera to change smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa by varying the focal length.

16.  Continuous tone photography- Refers to images that have a virtually unlimited range of color or shades of grays.

17.  Lens- A piece of glass or other transparent substance with curved sides for concentrating or dispersing light rays.

18. Wide angle lens- a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length)

19. Shutter- Each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light.

Jess Kaiser

1. A digital camera stores images digitally instead of recording them on a film. When you take a photo with a digital camera, the image is recorded by a sensor. Instead of saving the picture on analog film like traditional cameras, digital cameras save images on a memory card. This is digital memory.

2. 5 common features of a digital camera :

·        Resolution – sharpness or detail of a picture, the higher the number of pixels the higher the resolutions.

·        Memory- digital cameras store pictures as data instead of on film. The size of your memory card determines the number of pictures you can take before downloading them onto a computer

·        Flash Type- a flash is the extra light needed to shoot inside or in low-light conditions.

·        Lens- lens length will determine how much of a scene will fit into a picture.

·        Self-timer- this option on a digital camera allows the photographer to be in the picture.

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4. A megapixel is one million pixels. Megapixel is used to describe the resolution of digital cameras. A cameras megapixel number is calculated by multiplying the number of vertical pixels by the number of horizontal pixels captured by the cameras sensor.

5. http://digital-photography-school.com/portrait-photography-tips

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/

http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tips.html

6. Three tips for taking better pictures that I find interesting are : Using high quality and color , taking pictures of the same thing on different angles, and using zoom.

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http://www.abbysguide.com/digital-camera/guide/features-of-a-digital-camera.html

http://www.techterms.com/definition/megapixel