Weekly Vocabulary 4/28/14

1. 35 mm camera: A camera lens used for motion pictures or chemical photography

2. Bang Bang Club: A group of photographers in South Africa during the times of universal suffrage  

3. Zoom lens: a lens for a camera where the focal length that can be adjusted 

4. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery a historic art museum in Washington D.C., which has a wide collection of portraits of famous Americans 

Social Issue

For my social issue, I choose obesity as my topic

Weekly Vocab 4/22/14

1. Freelancer: a photographer that can be hired by a company to take photos for the company that hired them.

2. VII Photo Agency: an agency that represents photojournalist that focuses on social conflicts

3. Realism: a form of painting that involves taking photos to form a painting that appears to be taken by photographs 

Ten architecture photos

Weekly Vocabulary 4/7/14

 Bahaus: A German school of art, which means house of construction, is known for their architectural talents 

 Dallmeyer Telephoto Lens: a standalone telephoto lens that was created by Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer 

 Photomicrograph: a photograph that is taken through a microscope of a very small object. 

Clone Stamp

Weekly Vocab 4/1/14

1. Vest Pocket Kodak- Portable and foldable cameras. Using the smaller 127 film reels, these cameras were widely available.


2. Meniscus Lens- a concave or convex lens shaped as a crescent. It is used to decrease spherical morphing of the image


3. Rapid Rectinear Lens (RR Lens)- made up of two concave lenses in front of the diaphragm, effectively reduces radial distortion