Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Silver photography

A

photographie argentique

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Digital photography

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Photographie numérique

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3
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Camera obscura

A

Chambre noire

Box / room with 1 hole on the side

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4
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Camera lucida

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Chambre claire

Drawing aid

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5
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Daguerreotype

A

1st photography process

1839-1850s

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6
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Calotype

A

1841 Talbot

paper coated with silver iodide

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7
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The shutter

A

L’obsturateur

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8
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A tripod

A

Un trépied

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9
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To pose / to strike a pose

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Poser / prendre une pose

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10
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Depth of field

A

Profondeur de champs

Area within = sharp / area beyond = blurry

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11
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A print

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Un tirage

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12
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A copper / glass plate

Intaglio printing

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Une plaque de cuivre / verre

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13
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A film

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Une pellicule

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14
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Wet / dry collodion

A

Reduced the exposure time
Produced negatives
Produced positives: ambrotype, ferrotype

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15
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Gelatino bromide of silver

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Used from the 1870s on, simple and inexpensive

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16
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A developer

A

Révélateur (produit chimique)

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17
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To blow-up, to enlarge

A blow-up, enlargement

A

Agrandir

Un agrandissement

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18
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To crop

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Rogner

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19
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A profile / full face / three-quarter portrait

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Un portrait de profil / de face / de trois-quarts

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20
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A landscape, a cityscape, a seascape

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Un paysage, un paysage urbain, une marine

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21
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A genre scene

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Showing an anecdotal or familiar action

22
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A wide / tight shot

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Un plan large / sérré

23
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A long shot / a distance shot

A

Un plan d’ensemble

24
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A pan shot

A

Une vue panoramique

25
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A close-up / a close shot

A

Un gros plan / Un plan rapproché

26
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A reverse shot

A

Un contre-champ

27
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A back shot

A

Un arrière-champ

28
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Camera angle

A

Angle de vue

29
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An upward / downward shot

A

Une vue en légère plongée / contre-plongée

30
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A snapshot

A

Un cliché, un instantané

31
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A high-angle shot

A low-angle shot

A

Une vue en plongée

Une vue en contreplongée

32
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A tone

A

Un ton

33
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Subdued / intense / saturated

A

Atténué / intense / saturé

34
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A sharp / soft contrast

A

Un contraste fort / léger

35
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A gradation

A

Un dégradé

36
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A color patch

A

Une tache de couleur

37
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Bright / dim

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Intense / faible

38
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A chiaroscuro

A

Un Clair-obscur

39
Q

To enhance

A

Mettre en valeur

40
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To reduce / to tone down

A

Atténuer

41
Q

Light strikes the subject from the side / top

A

La lumière frappe le subject latéralement / verticals net

42
Q

A figure

A

Une silhouette

43
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A curve / a straight line

A

Une courbe / Une ligne droite

44
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Foreground / middle ground / background

A

Premier plan / plan intermédiaire / arrière-plan

45
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Top / bottom / right hand / left hand corner

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Coin supérieur / inférieur / droit / gauche

46
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(Un)balanced composition

A

Composition (dés)équilibrée

47
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Focus of attention

A

Centre de l’attention

48
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The eye is drawn to

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Le regard est attiré par

49
Q

The eye is led from … To …

A

L’oeil est guidé de … À …

50
Q

The picture can be read from left to right / top to bottom

A

On peut lire l’image de gauche à droite, du haut vers le bas