Test Flashcards
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Aperture (f-stop)
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- The size of the opening of the lens of the camera
- This determines the amount of light which can hit the camera’s sensor/film
- The smaller the number, the larger the hole, the less in focus, the larger the amount of light
- A wide aperture (lots of light) will have a shallow depth of field and less area in focus; a narrow aperture (little light) will have a deep/large depth of field and lots of area in focus
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Shutter speed
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- How fast the camera’s shutters open and close and therefore how long the sensor is exposed to light.
- When it opens, it allows light to be captured. The speed at which the shutter opens determines how long the light “burns” into the sensor.
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ISO
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- In a very general sense, ISO controls the brightness and “noise” in your photograph.
- Low ISOs (around 100-250) have very little “noise” and are more detailed. However, to shoot at a low ISO you MUST have a lot of light.
- High ISOs (700+) have a lot of “noise” and are less detailed. However, the images are much brighter, making it a good way to shoot in low light situations without pushing the shutter speed or aperture.
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M: Manual Mode
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- You get to have complete control over every aspect of your photograph including choosing your shutter speed, ISO, aperture, white balance, and focus points.
- You can change pretty much everything and in doing so, fine-tune the resulting photograph
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AV: Aperture Priority
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- Allows you to set your aperture and then the camera automatically changes the other settings to make them work with the aperture you’ve chosen
- If depth of focus is your main concern, this might be the right shooting mode for you.
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TV: Shutter Priority
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- Allows you to select the shutter speed and then the camera adjusts the aperture to a value that will work with the shutter speed you’ve selected to create a properly exposed photograph.
- If portraying or freezing movement is your main concern, shutter priority is a good place to start.
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P: Program Mode
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- Like automatic mode except you have the ability to change select settings like turning the flash off or on, and manually setting your white balance.
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A: Automatic Mode
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- What it sounds like; it allows you to turn your DSLR into a fancy point and shoot camera. In this mode, your camera will survey the area within your frame, (what you see when you look through the viewfinder,) for lighting conditions. Then it makes an educated guess on what your pertinent settings should be.
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Rule of Thirds
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- Choice of where we put the focal point/center of interest
- Place key features such as a head or eyes at the intersection of the thirds lines
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Point of View
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- Bird’s-eye: Makes objects or people look miniature, gentle, cute.
- Worm’s-eye: Makes objects or people look powerful and strong.
- Eye-level: Looks honest. Most frequent way of viewing an object
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Elements
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- Formal balance: symmetrical, solid, safe
- Informal balance: asymmetrical, dynamic
- Triangulation: Objects form triangular shapes
- Converging lines: lines in the image point to a focal point
- S-curves: an s-shaped line in the photo
- Framing: something in the photo frames a focal point
12
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Chemical Procedure
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- Developer: 1 min
- Stop bath: 15 secs
- Fixer: 2 mins
- Water: At least 60 seconds, 10 mins to get rid of chemical residue
13
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Daguerreotype
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A sheet of copper is plated with silver and cleaned well. Then the surface is exposed to iodine vapour in a small box until it turns yellow. Then it is placed into a camera obscura, develpoed in mercury vapour, washed, and protected by a sheet of glass.
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“Wet collodion” negative
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A wet plate is cleaned and iodized collodion is poured onto it. Then, it is immersed in silver nitrate and is put into a camera while still wet.
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What did camera obscura originally translate to mean?
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“dark chamber”
