Thursday, May 29, 2014

Your Choice: Earthquakes


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Weekly Vocabulary 5/29/14

1. Zone system: a photography technique to find optimal film exposure and development, that is based on the 19th century sensitometry.
2 .Bromoil Process: Giving soft, paint-like qualities to a photo, this photographic technique was very popular with pictorialists. 
3.Photo-Secession: An early 20th century movement of viewing photography as a fine art.  

Thursday, May 22, 2014

A day in the LIfe


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Weekly Vocab 5/20/14

1.Speed Graphic camera: used as the standard equipment for many american press photographers in the 1960's.  
2. Contax camera: camera with technological advances and wide range of lenses, is known for its high quality optical shots 
3. Polaroid Spectra: The spectra series of cameras, which use a range of arc-shaped lenses that are found inside the camera. 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Weekly Vocab 5/12/14

1. EXIF- the exchangeable file format, format specifics found in digital cameras.
2. TIFF- a computer file format that is used to store computer graphics 
3.Geotagged Photograph- a photograph that is taken and given an associated geographical location.

Thursday, May 8, 2014


Weekly Vocabulary 5/5/14

1. Prime Lens (FFL):  a lens with a fixed focal length 
2. Wide- Angle Lens: a lens with a smaller focal length than a normal length 
3. Calypso underwater camera: an amphibious camera that is designed to operate under water 
4. Through-the-lens metering: an ability for a camera to measure light through the lens and not in a separate window