Sunday, January 07, 2007

Timed exposures: get blur and streaking color to make your photo dramatic

Terminology for the photography unit:

- camera
- lens
- diaphragm
- aperture
- shutter
- CCD
- 8 mm
- 16 mm
- 35 mm
- 70 mm
- medium format; 2 1/4 X 2 1/4"
- large format; 4" X 5"

- lenses
- normal
- wide angle
- fish eye
- telephoto
- long telephoto
- zoom
- macro (micro)
- ISO


- ambient light
- tungsten
- flourescent
- side light
- overcast
- noon
- sunset, sunrise
- flash
- slave flash unit
- diffuser
- back light / rim light
- key light
- reflector

- composition
- get close
- crop
- avoid unnecessary headroom
- rule of thirds (off center)
- point of view (POV)
- framing
- texture / pattern
- silhouette
- center of interest
- decisive moment / kinetic energy
- s-curve
- still life
- bag of tricks
- self portraits
- black & white
- vignette
- panning
- panorama
- overexposed
- flash fall-off
- camera shake
- hot spot / reflection

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