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Photography Vocab Review
23 cards·by Juan L.
an activity photo in which the subject are informal spontaneous and un-posed.
Candid Photo
CMYK can relate to four color or full color printing process using a mix of cyan magenta yellow
and black to make full color pages
CMYK format
A photo printed in a color other than black
Color halftone
a photograph in full color
Color print
the range of tones between black and white areas in a photo.
Contrast
to eliminate (opaque, mask, cut or trim) portions of an illustration or photo to fit a specific
area or to capture only a portion.
Crop
a process that isolates your subject. Less depth is great for one to three subjects.
Depth of field
measurement scale for resolution of output devices such as monitors, laser printed and image
setters.
DPI
process whereby an original black and white picture is printed black, plus one additional
color for a special effect
Duotone
process whereby an original black and white picture is printed black, plus one additional
color for a special effect
Exposure
the sharpness of the subject.
Focus
question
Framing
photo with an overall light appearance so that words or autographs can be printed over them and
still be readable.
Ghosted photos
reproduction of a continuous tone image made by a screen pattern to convert a color image into
various size dots to create a reproducible
Halftone
a graphic representation of how bright and dark pixels are distributed in an image
Histogram
most common file format used in digital photography. When the image is saved, data the human
eye probably won’t see is removed.
JPEG
the unit of measure (small dots) in the digital world for cameras.
Mega pixel
(DOTS PER INCH) measurement scale for resolution of output devices such as monitors, laser
printers and image setters.
noise
photojournalism
question
pixel
question
resolution
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White balance
question
RGB