Terms 7/13/2013 Flashcards

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Alignment

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Match up lines evenly

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Arrangement

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The picture’s structure or organization

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Audience

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group of people who will see, hear or experience a performance, work of art, photograph or any other form of written or verbal communication

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Background/Foreground

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the relative spatial location of images, whether up front or in the back/margins of pictures

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Bokeh

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the blurred/out of focus area in a picture. It is highly desirable for portrait shots to include bokeh as part of the background

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Caption

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Writing juxtaposed next to or below the picture

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Color

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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

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Frame

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The size and extent

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Content

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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

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Depth of Field

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The distance between the closest and farthest subjects in a frame that look sharp in a picture

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Gaze

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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

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Context

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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.

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Contrast

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A process that highlights the differences between two or more objects

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Composition

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How you put a picture together and the choices you make as you set it up

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Rule of 1/3

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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

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Ethos

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focus on the writer/artist/photographer and his/her perspective and gaze as he/she took the picture

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Exposure

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The amount of light that is allowed into the camera when you take a picture. Pictures can be overexposed or underexposed

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Overexposed

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Too much light, the picture is over bright and details are lost

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Underexposed

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Not enough light, dark picture

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Exposure Triangle

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Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed

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Aperture

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The size of the opening of the lens when a picture is taken

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ISO

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Camera’s image sensor sensitivity to light

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Shutter Speed

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The amount of time the shutter is open

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Format

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The physical dimensions or components of something

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Focus
The point int he picture that you target in your viewer
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Frame
The limit of what is recorded in a painting, photograph, or image at a given time
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Images
Visual pictures
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Interpreation
Finding and creating meaning in artifacts or language. Making value judgments based on our own experiences
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Lens
The instrument through which light is allowed into your camera
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Logos
Focus on the subject and context of the picture
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Macro
Extreme Close up (flowers and insects are often subjects of macro-photography)
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Message
A term that refers to what a text/picture is saying
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Meter
Measure of available light
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Mood
The emotional quality of a work created through the use of images and setting
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Pathos
One part of the rhetorical triangle, focusing on emotional appeals and the audience
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Pattern
A series of images or pieces of information that, when considered as a whole, conveys a certain message or agenda
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Perspective/Point of View
A particular way of seeing, literally or figuratively
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Pixel
One of the tiny dots that make up a picture, can be in the millions
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Pose
Stance take in a picture, often staged
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Representation
The depiction of a person, place, thing or idea
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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)
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Sequence
The arrangement of images, objects or words in a series
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Setting
Time, location, and historical context in which a work exists
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Sepia
Dark brown grayish color used in photographs
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Space or Spatial Location
Distance/Location/Relationship of objects in relation to one another
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Visual
Connected to eyesight
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Texture
Tactile appeal or sensation of touch, element of design in visual arts, also known as "dirtying up"
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Zoom
Hone in on certain details or move outwards in terms of focus