Photo

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Ambient light

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(aka available light) light already present in scene

Question 2

.JPG

Answer 2

(aka jpeg) Joint Photographic Expert Group. Most common

Question 3

.psd

Answer 3

Photoshop Document file

Question 4

Analogous

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colors next to each other on the color wheel

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Aperture

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(eye pupil) controls amount of light reaching sensor

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Artificial light

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any light source but the sun or something illuminated by the sun

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Bird’s eye

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shot from above looking down

Question 8

Butterfly lighting

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(aka paramount lighting) Light in front of subject’s face. Shadow under nose. Good for feminine oval faces.

Question 9

Camera Raw

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application that processes raw uncompressed images

Question 9

Clone stamp

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Photoshop tool that copies pixel info and replaces image pixels

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Clipping

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occurs when the dynamic range has been exceeded and information is lost as a result

Question 11

Copyright

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legal document defining the terms of ownership of work produced

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Rule of Thirds

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guideline that proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and with important compositional elements placed along these lines or their intersections

Question 12

Leading Lines

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lines that appear in a photograph that have been framed and positioned by the photographer to draw the viewer’s eye towards a specific point of interest

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Simplicity

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the ability to capture the subject in its simplest form

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Rastor

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type of image produced when scanning or photographing an object

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Vector

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form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes

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Depth of Field

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zone of visible sharpness within a photo

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Daguerreotype

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first large scale commercial photographic process, used mercury and silver to form images on silver-mirrored tin plates

Question 17

DSLR

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Digital Single Lens Reflex. camera

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Dodge Tool

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used to lighten pixels of the image

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Masking

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isolating a specific area of a layer while blocking out the rest

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Exposure

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amount of light hitting the sensor and producing light and dark tones

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Ethics

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applying concepts like responsibility, power, and dignity to how we we take and share photographs

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F-stop

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(aperture setting) number describing the size of aperture

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Flatten Image

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merges all layers into one

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Shutter Speed

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amount of time an image is exposed to light

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ISO

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International Organization of Standardization. component that regulates sensitivity of camera sensor to light. (part of Exposure Triangle)

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Focal Length

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length from the front edge of the lens to the back where the rays of light come together, measured in millimeters

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Filter

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camera accessory for the lens or a pre-made command to alter an image digitally

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.GIF

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Graphics Interchange Format

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Framing

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visual device of placing an object in front of the main subject to emphasize it

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Focus

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clear and sharply defined condition of the image OR the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image

Question 31

Hairlight

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light positioned behind and above subject used to separate hair and shoulders from the background

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Slave Flash

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mode that instructs a flash unit to monitor incoming light, and fire when it senses the light produced by another flash unit firing

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Image Sensor

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digital material sensitive to light and transfers it to a digital image. comparable to the film of a 35mm film camera

Question 34

Healing Brush

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allow you fix imperfections, like scratches, wrinkles, dust spots, etc., causing them to disappear into the surrounding image

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KODAK

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company responsible for mass producing the first portable and easy to use camera

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Key Light

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main brightest light used in a studio setup

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Lossy

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method of image compression that reduces file size, resulting in data loss

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Macro Lens

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lens that magnifies or reproduces an image at a ratio of 1:1 or higher

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SDI

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Serial Digital Interface

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Mode Dial

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allows selection of the exposure mode

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PPI

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Pixels Per Inch, a measurement of image sharpness/resolution on a digital display screen

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Public Domain

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works whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable

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RGB

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red, green, blue, the primary colors of the additive color system, three colors our eyes see. Used by monitors and digital cameras

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CMYK

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cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the primary colors of the subtractive color system used by printers to reproduce photographs

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Shutter

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device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera

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Soft Box

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lighting modifier used to diffuse light by providing softer lighting

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Telephoto

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lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image