Thursday, March 31, 2016

Weekly Vocab 03/30/2016


GIF: GIF is "Graphics Interchange Format - Picture Format" a lossless format for image files that supports both animated and static images.


Zoopraxiscope: The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures. Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879, it may be considered the first movie projector.






Kinetoscope: The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.


Chronophotography: Chronophotography is an antique photographic technique from the Victorian era (beginning about 1867–68), which captures movement in several frames of print. These prints can be subsequently arranged either like animation cels or layered in a single frame.




Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Weekly vocab



Pop art: art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.










Dadaism: a form of artistic anarchy born out of disgust for the social, political and cultural values of the time. It embraced elements of art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and politics.









Photomontage: a montage constructed from photographic images.














Tuesday, February 2, 2016

weekly vocab 02/02/2016



The rule of thirds: an essential photography technique. It can be applied to any subject to improve the composition and balance of your images.






Friday, January 29, 2016

Weekely Vocab



Sepia tone: Sepia is a reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia.












Selenium toning: Selenium toning is a popular archival toning process, converting metallic silver to silver selenide.









Duotone: a halftone illustration made from a single original with two different colors at different screen angles.








Monday, December 14, 2015

weekly vocab 12/14/2015

Brownie Camera: a long-running popular series of simple and inexpensive cameras made by Eastman Kodak. The Brownie popularized low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot.



Leica camera: Leica Camera AG is a German optics enterprise and manufacture of Leica cameras



Magnum photos: Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New YorkParisLondon and Tokyo. According to co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually."