Photography IFinal Exam Review

• Best Light of day for photos: the Golden Hours (1 hour after sunrise & 1 hour before sunset)

Movement

Aperture

Slow Shutter, Fast Shutter

The shutter is inside the camera.

Pixels

A megapixel equals 1,000,000 pixels.

File Formats

• .jpg small file for the web & email

• .tiff large file “pure” will not pixalate no matter how often it is opened.

• .psd photoshop file

• .png newer version of a .jpg better quality

File Resolutions

• 300 dpi print quality

• 72 dpi for web

• 180dpi what our digital camera uses

• The keys you use to make the clone stamp tool work is “option”.

• To darken a picture you use the “burn tool”.

• The selection tool that “clings to the edges” of an image is the magnetic lasso.

• A color scheme that “pops” off the page is Complimentary.

• Jerry Uelsmann’s style of photography is “surrealism”.

• Contrast is controlled by: brightness & darkness, curves, levels, or exposure

• Warm colors are “fire” colors

• Cool colors are colors of water

• Fauvism is strong line and bright colors.

• We print at 8 x 10 inches

• Grayscale is the same as Black & White

• Monochromatic is one color with it’s shades and tints.

• A checkered background means the picture is transparent

• Best time to get photos is early evening and early morning.

• RGB are monitor colors

• CMYK are printing colors

• You can get colors from the web with the eyedrop tool in Photoshop

• To reset the preferences in Photoshop hold down command, option and shift and relaunch the program.

• You use the Rule of Thirds to get a good composition in photos.

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Form3D

Shape2D

Space

Texture

Value

Balance

Asymmetrical

Symmetrical

Contrast

Emphasis

Movement

Pattern

Rhythm

Unity

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Complimentary Colors

Sepia Colors

Monochromatic Colors