Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Weekly Vocab

EXIF -  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

TIFF -  computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and both amateur and professional photographers in general

Geotagged Photograph -  photograph which is associated with a geographical location by geotagging

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Weekly Vocab

Prime Lens (FFL) - a prime lens is either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed

Wide- Angle Lens - a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a normal lens for a given film plane.

Calypso underwater camera - is an affordable, yet sophisticated waterproof inspection camera.

Through-the-lens metering - 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.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Weekly Vocab

35 mm camera - 35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for motion pictures and chemical still photography.

Bang Bang Club - The Bang Bang Club was a label primarily associated with four photographers active within the townships of South Africa between 1990 and 1994, during the transition from the apartheid system to government based on universal suffrage.

Zoom lens -  zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a fixed focal length (FFL) lens.

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery - The National Portrait Gallery is an historic art museum located at 8th and F Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. The museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Weekly Vocab

Freelancer - person who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long-term

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

Realism - attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements