Terms 7/13/2013 Flashcards
Alignment
Match up lines evenly
Arrangement
The picture’s structure or organization
Audience
group of people who will see, hear or experience a performance, work of art, photograph or any other form of written or verbal communication
Background/Foreground
the relative spatial location of images, whether up front or in the back/margins of pictures
Bokeh
the blurred/out of focus area in a picture. It is highly desirable for portrait shots to include bokeh as part of the background
Caption
Writing juxtaposed next to or below the picture
Color
Reflected light that is perceived by human beings as variations of the primary shades (red, blue yellow). Color is used to meet or break a convention i art, or to evoke an emotion
Frame
The size and extent
Content
The meaning or message behind a work of art. Every photograph, painting, novel, essay, or movie usually has a theme or idea that it tries to convey to its audience
Depth of Field
The distance between the closest and farthest subjects in a frame that look sharp in a picture
Gaze
A way of looking a a picture or text. The creator/writer is often aware of the gaze of the audience, judging and evaluating his/her work. The photographer/editor also has a gaze directed at his/her subject
Context
Whatever surrounds a word, image passage or text. Knowing the immediate context of an excerpt helps explain its full meaning. In a larger sense, context can refer to the historical, social or economic moment from which a text emerged.
Contrast
A process that highlights the differences between two or more objects
Composition
How you put a picture together and the choices you make as you set it up
Rule of 1/3
Basic guideline of photography that suggests the grid is divided into 9 sections and the photographer should place the photograph along the lines of the grid in one of those sections. The main parts of the photograph should be placed where the lines intersect
Ethos
focus on the writer/artist/photographer and his/her perspective and gaze as he/she took the picture
Exposure
The amount of light that is allowed into the camera when you take a picture. Pictures can be overexposed or underexposed
Overexposed
Too much light, the picture is over bright and details are lost
Underexposed
Not enough light, dark picture
Exposure Triangle
Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed
Aperture
The size of the opening of the lens when a picture is taken
ISO
Camera’s image sensor sensitivity to light
Shutter Speed
The amount of time the shutter is open
Format
The physical dimensions or components of something
Focus
The point int he picture that you target in your viewer
Frame
The limit of what is recorded in a painting, photograph, or image at a given time
Images
Visual pictures
Interpreation
Finding and creating meaning in artifacts or language. Making value judgments based on our own experiences
Lens
The instrument through which light is allowed into your camera
Logos
Focus on the subject and context of the picture
Macro
Extreme Close up (flowers and insects are often subjects of macro-photography)
Message
A term that refers to what a text/picture is saying
Meter
Measure of available light
Mood
The emotional quality of a work created through the use of images and setting
Pathos
One part of the rhetorical triangle, focusing on emotional appeals and the audience
Pattern
A series of images or pieces of information that, when considered as a whole, conveys a certain message or agenda
Perspective/Point of View
A particular way of seeing, literally or figuratively
Pixel
One of the tiny dots that make up a picture, can be in the millions
Pose
Stance take in a picture, often staged
Representation
The depiction of a person, place, thing or idea
Rhetorical Triangle
In photography and literature, it relays modes of persuasion or communication. The 3 parts are logos (subject/content), pathos (audience/context) and ethos (photographer’s perspective)
Sequence
The arrangement of images, objects or words in a series
Setting
Time, location, and historical context in which a work exists
Sepia
Dark brown grayish color used in photographs
Space or Spatial Location
Distance/Location/Relationship of objects in relation to one another
Visual
Connected to eyesight
Texture
Tactile appeal or sensation of touch, element of design in visual arts, also known as “dirtying up”
Zoom
Hone in on certain details or move outwards in terms of focus
