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1
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aesthetic

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the appreciation of beauty

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airbrushing

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altering the reality of an image through manipulation

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angles

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vantage points

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aperture

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regulates how much light is allowed to pass through the lens

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5
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archival mat board

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mounting board made from acid-free material to keep print safe from contaminants over time

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art installation

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fitting and placing your prints into physical space

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artistic statement

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written document outlining how and why art is created

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autochrome lumiere

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photographic color process

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available light

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natural illumination

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backlighting

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illumination that comes from behind

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budget

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an estimate of expenses and income

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calotype

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photographic process where paper coated with silver iodide is used to make negatives (talbotype)

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camera obscura

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an airtight box with no lens and a single hole poked in one side—also called a pinhole camera

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camera

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a device for recording visual images in the form of photographs

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carte de visite

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small portrait image printed on cardboard and paper

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clamp light

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a bulb inside a reflective shell that attaches to an edge and directs light forward

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color contrast

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a striking difference between hues

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color temperature

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the tint of light

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colorimeter

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a device that measures the intensity and accuracy of different hues

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20
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composition

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subject arrangement in a picture

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21
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conservation mounting

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framing artwork using archival materials

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contact sheet

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a proof of thumbnail images

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continuous lighting

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illumination that keeps shining until turned off

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copyright

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the exclusive and legal rights a person has to their own images and how they keep them protected from outside public use

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cropping

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slicing a picture along the edges to change the emphasis of a shot

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curator

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active researcher who selects material

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daguerreotype

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an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor

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depth of field

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the extent of the focus from foreground to background

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digital capture

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taking pictures with a digital camera

30
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display

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window on a camera for viewing

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distracting composition

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when too many subject elements create disjointed or chaotic looking pictures

32
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exclusive rights

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legal permit to benefit from ownership while denying others the same right

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exhibition

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a public display of your printed photographs

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exposure

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the amount of light entering the film or sensor of the camera

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fast lens

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camera lens with large maximum aperture

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file format

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data that determines the quality and size of the pictures you take

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film

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light-sensitive material

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focus

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the process of making an image sharper and less blurry

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frame

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outline around the viewpoint

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framing

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placing a mounted print behind bordered glass

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f-stop

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measurement of lens aperture

42
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hard light

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illumination that is uninterrupted

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heliography

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photographic process captured on a glass or metal plate that hardens after certain light exposure

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image resolution

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the pixel count of an image file or picture

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impressionism

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art movement characterized by small, thin, lightly visible brush strokes and open composition

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infrared photography

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art movement characterized by small, thin, lightly visible brush strokes and open composition

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intellectual property

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any work resulting from personal vision and creativity

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intensity

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overall strength

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ISO

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numeric rating of the image sensor sensitivity to light

50
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JPEG

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highly compressed image files

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key light

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the main / dominant source of illumination

52
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kodachrome

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a color-still film that used a subtractive process

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light meter

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measures the illumination around a photographic subject

54
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macro lenses

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used to photograph objects that have been highly magnified

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matting

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placing a print between two materials

56
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memos

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written reminders or instructions

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metadata

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tiny bits of digital information on file format

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mounting

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adhering a print to some sort of rigid backboard

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perspective distortion

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when point of view is misshapen

60
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pixels

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tiny individually colored, light-sensitive squares, or picture elements, that make up a digital image file

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ply

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thickness

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public domain

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the space where an image can be used freely without permission

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RAW

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image files with a bigger record, capable of preserving all the original image information

64
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shutter

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controls the amount of time light is allowed the pass through a lens

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side lighting

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illumination positioned adjacent to a subject

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soft light

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illumination that is interrupted

67
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stopping action

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the process when a camera shutter pauses long enough to capture detail in motion

68
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studio strobes

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these provide a quick burst of illumination

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thermal imaging

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detects the heat zone of something using radiation

70
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tone

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the lightness or darkness in an image

71
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watermark

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information deeply embedded into the data of an image file

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