Wednesday, March 26, 2014

weekly vocab

1. Photodetector: sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy
2. Infrared:  electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, extending from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum at 700nanometers (nm) to 1 mm.
3. Light-emitting diode: a two-lead semiconductor light source that resembles a basic pn-junction diode, except that an LED also emits light.
4.Thermal imaging camera:  a type of thermographic camera used in firefighting. By rendering infrared radiation as visible light, such cameras allow firefighters to see areas of heat through smoke, darkness, or heat-permeable barriers.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Imaras birthday


Panoramic Photography: capturing images with a long field of view
Color Banding: a problem of inaccurate color in computer images
Dither: red and blue are the only colors used

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

weekly vocabulary

magnum photos: an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographic members
black propaganda: black propaganda is false information and material that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict.
white propaganda: propaganda that truly states its origin
grey propaganda: propaganda that doesn't identify its source

Weekly vocabulary

Staged photography: photographs that capture the staged or artificially constructed scenes made only for the purpose of photography

Tableau Photography: a dressed scene involving one or more people that attempts to tell a story in a single image

Pictorial photography: refers to a atyle in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as means of creating an image rather than just capturing it