Photography Words and Terms (On going)

Aesthetic ~ are the qualities that combine to make something the way it does
 
*I am drawn to this photo because of the colors, the fireworks, 
lighting and how the girl is looking away*



Camera Obscura ~ a blacked out chamber with a small pinhole through which
 light gets compressed. first recorded observation was by Mo Ti, in China, circa 400 BC.




Exposure ~ length of time light hits the sensor or film
Over Exposure ~ too much light
Under Exposure ~ too little light




Focal Point ~ The area of most interest 




Exposure Triangle



Aperture ~ The opening into the camera 

Shutter ~ The Mechanism that allows light to enter the camera for a precise period of time



ISO ~ The sensitivity (to light) of the sensor/film 
Aperture:

Aperture & Depth of Field ~ Aperture is the size of the opening into the camera,
and the larger the aperture (opening) the smaller sliver of focus you will have






Examples of a change in Aperture ~

  


ISO:
The sensitivity of the camera 

White Balance:
The color temperature of the light being photographed



History & Artists

 Joseph Nicephor Niepce
created the first "photography" in 1827
*Eight Hour exposure*
View From The Window At Le Gras (France)


First photo of a person ~ 1838
by Louis Daguerre (Daguerreotype)
Boulevard du Temple, Paris 
http://mashable.com/2014/11/05/first-photograph-of-a-human/#sisMPxIjigqH



First Selfie ~ 1839
by Robert Cornelius
Amateur chemist and photography enthusiast
Philadelphia



Mathew Brady 
Cilvil war Photographer 
1860's



Julia Margaret Cameron
1815-1879
Known for soft focus and 'painterly' quality of her images
Was panned as not serious enough as a photographer
Accepted by painters (pre-Raphaelites) more than photographers
Close-cropped portraits are inspiration for photographers today


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Edward Curtis
1868-1952
Photographer and Ethnologist
Focused on documenting the American West and Native American people

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Jacob Riis
18-49-1914
grew up in poverty
Consitered to be a "father" of photojournalism
Photographed the tenements/slums of NYC to raise awareness
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Lewis Hine
1874-1940
Photographer and Sociologist
Used this camera for social change, and reform 
Photographed mines, cotton mills and factories to document working children
His work directly led to child labor laws

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Dorothea Lange 
1895-1965
Documentary photographer and photojournalist
Began as portraitist (in studio)
During the great depression 1930's worked for the Farm Securities
 Administration to the document the plight of the poor and forgotten
During WWII, documented the plight of Japanese citizens who 
were forced into internment camps, the photos were not seen during the war

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Migrant mother 1936

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White Angel Breadline, San Francisco 1933 


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Pledge


 Henri Cartier-Bresson 
1908-2004
A master of street photography
Known for the decisive moment
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Gordon Parks
1912-2006
Significant photographer of the Cvil Rights Movement

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Art Theory & Aesthetics
Contrast ~ the difference between light and dark
Value ~ the intensity of a color (or BW)
Hue ~ the color of something
Tint ~ adding white to a hue
Shade ~ adding black to a hue
Rule of Thirds ~ A compositional theory where the main subject matter
 is placed in a intersecting point based on a division division of
thirds vertically and horizontally

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