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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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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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composition

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subject arrangement in a picture

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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
slicing a picture along the edges to change the emphasis of a shot
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curator
active researcher who selects material
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daguerreotype
an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor
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depth of field
the extent of the focus from foreground to background
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digital capture
taking pictures with a digital camera
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display
window on a camera for viewing
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distracting composition
when too many subject elements create disjointed or chaotic looking pictures
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exclusive rights
legal permit to benefit from ownership while denying others the same right
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exhibition
a public display of your printed photographs
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exposure
the amount of light entering the film or sensor of the camera
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fast lens
camera lens with large maximum aperture
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file format
data that determines the quality and size of the pictures you take
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film
light-sensitive material
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focus
the process of making an image sharper and less blurry
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frame
outline around the viewpoint
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framing
placing a mounted print behind bordered glass
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f-stop
measurement of lens aperture
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hard light
illumination that is uninterrupted
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heliography
photographic process captured on a glass or metal plate that hardens after certain light exposure
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image resolution
the pixel count of an image file or picture
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impressionism
art movement characterized by small, thin, lightly visible brush strokes and open composition
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infrared photography
art movement characterized by small, thin, lightly visible brush strokes and open composition
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intellectual property
any work resulting from personal vision and creativity
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intensity
overall strength
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ISO
numeric rating of the image sensor sensitivity to light
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JPEG
highly compressed image files
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key light
the main / dominant source of illumination
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kodachrome
a color-still film that used a subtractive process
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light meter
measures the illumination around a photographic subject
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macro lenses
used to photograph objects that have been highly magnified
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matting
placing a print between two materials
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memos
written reminders or instructions
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metadata
tiny bits of digital information on file format
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mounting
adhering a print to some sort of rigid backboard
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perspective distortion
when point of view is misshapen
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pixels
tiny individually colored, light-sensitive squares, or picture elements, that make up a digital image file
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ply
thickness
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public domain
the space where an image can be used freely without permission
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RAW
image files with a bigger record, capable of preserving all the original image information
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shutter
controls the amount of time light is allowed the pass through a lens
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side lighting
illumination positioned adjacent to a subject
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soft light
illumination that is interrupted
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stopping action
the process when a camera shutter pauses long enough to capture detail in motion
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studio strobes
these provide a quick burst of illumination
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thermal imaging
detects the heat zone of something using radiation
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tone
the lightness or darkness in an image
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watermark
information deeply embedded into the data of an image file

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