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 07/27/2004 02:48:14 AM · #26
After voting and commenting through Choc
Color temp/light temperature
Warm
Cold (dealing with WB/filters, etc.)
Speaking of filters-graduated, ND, polarizer, haze, whatever.
blown (highlights)

07/27/2004 03:45:45 AM · #27
backlight
silhouette
frame
composition (rule of thirds, leading lines, frame in frame, balance)
portrait (as type of photography and orientation of image)
landscape (as type of photography and orientation of image)
exposure
exposure compensation
hot
soft focus
focal chart
hyperfocal distance
PS - photoshop
PSP - paint shop pro
digital art
photograph
gradient
desaturation
photographic integrity
WYSIWYG
vote
commenting
critique
troll
cliche's ('dead bug','water drops',etc)
crop
autofocus
effective pixels
exif
negative space
print resolution
common print sizes
aliasing
artifacts (compression)
dynamic range
noise
RAW
ISO (sensitivity)
white balance
aspect ratio
perspective
time lapse
bracketing (auto, etc)
metering
camera modes (shutter priority, aperture priority, manual, auto, etc.)
camere shake
bulb exposure
mirror lock

For the basic abbreviations it may be easier to reference a standard dictionary site such as NetLingo.

David

/edit: added more, removed redundant

Message edited by author 2004-07-27 04:06:33.
 07/27/2004 05:04:37 AM · #28
high-key
low-key
 07/27/2004 06:42:39 AM · #29
Originally posted by drewmedia:
I'm amazed that the WWYT crew hasn't jumped on this one ;) A suggestion from an e-mail we got today: "selective desaturation" -- even how it can be done within the basic editing rules, unless that's out of the scope of your tutorial.


The term will make the dictionary... but the how to do it is probably an issue for a short tutorial.

-Terry
 07/27/2004 06:47:04 AM · #30
What is a WWYT crew?
 07/27/2004 06:50:18 AM · #31
I'll whip up a tutorial for selective desat now, brb!
 07/27/2004 06:59:17 AM · #32
Originally posted by kiwiness:
What is a WWYT crew?


WWYT stands for What Were You Thinking?

If I had been able to get the shot I wanted, it would have been the title for the debut album from Drew's Photographer Cult.

-Terry

Message edited by author 2004-07-27 07:00:03.
 07/27/2004 08:15:40 AM · #33
Originally posted by Konador:
I'll whip up a tutorial for selective desat now, brb!


Finished :) I'll send it to Drew later so he can add it.
 07/27/2004 12:08:01 PM · #34
It's up, here's the link //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=110671
 07/27/2004 12:17:14 PM · #35
Originally posted by Britannica:
backlight
silhouette
frame
composition (rule of thirds, leading lines, frame in frame, balance)
portrait (as type of photography and orientation of image)
landscape (as type of photography and orientation of image)
exposure
exposure compensation
hot
soft focus
focal chart
hyperfocal distance
PS - photoshop
PSP - paint shop pro
digital art
photograph
gradient
desaturation
photographic integrity
WYSIWYG
vote
commenting
critique
troll
cliche's ('dead bug','water drops',etc)
crop
autofocus
effective pixels
exif
negative space
print resolution
common print sizes
aliasing
artifacts (compression)
dynamic range
noise
RAW
ISO (sensitivity)
white balance
aspect ratio
perspective
time lapse
bracketing (auto, etc)
metering
camera modes (shutter priority, aperture priority, manual, auto, etc.)
camere shake
bulb exposure
mirror lock

For the basic abbreviations it may be easier to reference a standard dictionary site such as NetLingo.

David

/edit: added more, removed redundant

Do you name your self after the encyclopidia (or how on eart it is spelldt)?
 07/27/2004 12:18:48 PM · #36
Britannica is the original. Encyclopedias were named after him.
 07/27/2004 12:28:44 PM · #37
some lighting terms off the top of my head:

short lighting
broad lighting
open loop lighting
closed loop lighting
rembrant lighting
side lighting
butterfly lighting
strobe
grid
flag
snoot
softbox
octabox
gels
barndoors
umbrellas
Brolly Box
 07/27/2004 12:42:53 PM · #38
I think the Glossary at DPReview is a great reference, especially since a lot of concepts are illustrated with photos and/or diagrams (such as Depth of Field). Perhaps the "DPC Dictionary" can provide links to other sites with more detailed definitions.
 07/27/2004 01:01:05 PM · #39
B&H gets a lot of attention here, and might confuse newbies.
 07/27/2004 01:19:19 PM · #40
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
D/L - Drew Ungvarsky and Langdon Oliver, the DPChallenge creators and administrators


D/L can also be Download
 07/27/2004 01:45:42 PM · #41
Sorry if these were already mentioned
-3-point lighting (Key, fill, and rim/back light)
-mirror slap (the sound/event of the mirror in an SLR swinging out of the way to allow light to hit the imager)
-hot/dead pixels
-cloning
-Eclipse (as in the cleaning solution)
-Pecpad (in reference to cleaning a CCD
-dynamic range
-exposure/white balance bracketing
-photoblog
-stop (as in "+1/2 stop" of EC or "stopped down")
-megapixel
-CF, SD, MMC, et al. (memory card formats)
-color space (e.g. sRGB)
-luminance
-chrominance
-optical zoom
-digital zoom
-monopod
-circular and linear polariser

Message edited by author 2004-07-27 13:46:27.
 07/27/2004 02:04:32 PM · #42
Originally posted by scalvert:
Britannica is the original. Encyclopedias were named after him.

Ok, good to know. Though I think he have to reconsider his profile. There it says that he is only 36 y, must be a lot older.
 07/27/2004 02:10:35 PM · #43
Originally posted by garlic:
Do you name your self after the encyclopidia (or how on eart it is spelldt)?

It is a nickname I was given in college. While I was busy with something else, half-listening to the conversation of my friends, I heard a question and answered it (student training, I guess). Apparently it was a question that had been giving them a lot of grief for a long time -- they were quite excited to be rid of it. I had the answer, so I became Britannica to them from them on.

I use it since it was the first nickname given to me that is usable in polite company.

Originally posted by garlic:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Britannica is the original. Encyclopedias were named after him.

Ok, good to know. Though I think he have to reconsider his profile. There it says that he is only 36 y, must be a lot older.

:D

David
I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread, with apologies to the originator.

/edit: clarity

Message edited by author 2004-07-27 14:12:20.
 07/27/2004 06:00:49 PM · #44
Originally posted by mirdonamy:
D/L can also be Download


Yes, but it's typically not used in that context on this site.

-Terry
 07/27/2004 06:20:11 PM · #45
NI - Neatimage
PS - Photoshop (sometimes includes a version number. eg. 7.0)
PSP - Paint shop Pro - the JASC free version of a photoshop like program.
 07/27/2004 07:41:57 PM · #46
SITVS should be in it too.
 07/27/2004 07:43:19 PM · #47
Originally posted by Gordon:
SITVS should be in it too.


Which means?
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