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Photography 201 ASU Mid-Term
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Photography
Undergraduate 2
10/06/2010

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Factors effecting properly developed Film
Definition

Time

Temperature

Agitation

Dilution

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Kodak D-76
Definition
  •  Must be diluted from a stock solution to a working solution using 1 part developer & 1 part water, or D-76 1:1
  • D-76 must be used at 68 °
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Volume of Chemistry Required for 35mm Film
Definition
  •  1 roll requires 150 ml or 5 ounces of D-76 and 150ml of water or 5 ounces
  • 2 rolls requires 300 ml of D-76/ 10 ounces and 300 ml of water/10 ounces
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Save

Definition

 

Return chemistry to a used container

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Dump
Definition

 

pour down the drain after finished

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1. PreSoak
Definition
  • Pour correct volume of water @ 65-75 degrees F into tank and agitate for 1 min. Dump 
  • Presoak moistens the gelatin for an even absorption of the Developer
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2. Develop
Definition
  • Pour D-76 1:1 into tank & agitate continuously for the 1st 30 sec.
  • Tap bottom to dislodge air bubles
  • Agitate for 5 sec every 30sec throughout development time
  • Pour out developer 15 sec before development time is finished
  • Save
  • Reduces the silver bromide crystals that contain a latent image to a deposit of silver

 

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3. Stop Bath
Definition

 

Fill tank w/ water at 65-75 F.

Agitate for 30 seconds

Dump.

Repeat.

  • Stops the action of the developer

 

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4. Fix
Definition
  • Use fixer full strength
  • fill tank & agitate
  • like developer, 5 sec every 30 sec
  • fix for appropiate time for film
  • Save
  • now safe to open tank
  • changes the silver bromide crystals so they are no longer sensitive to light
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5. Rinse
Definition

 

Use cold tap water, fill and dump your tank 3 times

  • Eliminates a lot of the fixer on the surface of the film and the reels.
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6. Wash
Definition

 

Remove the reels from tank and place in washing apparatus for 5 min.

  • eliminates the fixer still held withing the gelatin
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7. Photo-Flo
Definition
  • Fill tank wiht working solution of Photo-Flo.
  • Agitate for 30 sec
  • Dump
  • Allows the film to dry without water spots
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8. Dry
Definition
  • Remove film from reels
  • hang film to dry in cabinet
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Shadows
Definition

 

 

indicate correct exposure

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Highlights

Definition

 

 

indicate correct development

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Contact Sheets

Definition
  • allow you to compare in positive form variations of the same scene
  • indicate in positive form exposure differences between frames
  • referred to as a proof
  • photograms of negatives

 

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Photographic paper

Definition

 

 

Placed with the emulsion side up

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Sleeved Negative

Definition

 

 

 

Negatives placed with the emulsion side down

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Underexposed

Definition

 

  • If all strips are too light, you need more exposure and you can open up one f-stop on lens
  • lacks in density and therefore detail on a negative and an overall lightness in a print.
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Overexposed

Definition

 

  •  strips are too dark, it need less exposure and you can stop down one f-stop on lens.
  • The result of giving too much exposure to film or paper which produces too much density.
  • Overall too dark
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Photograms

Definition

 

  • a photogram is made without the use of a camer/film
  • Result of placing a 2-dimensional or 3 dimensional object in contact with paper and exposing it to light
  • Photograms name credite to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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Printing

Definition

 

  • is the process of enlarging 35mm negative and transforming it to a positive print on paper.
  • Goal: create full tonal range print-contains a large # of grays, solid blakcks and some base white. Also include appropriate overall density and contrast
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Density

Definition

 

  • refers to whether the print is overall too light or too dark
  • the darker the print the greater the density of particles of silver are present
  • density increases with additonal exposure
  • Changes in exposure creat changes in overall density
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Contrast

Definition
  • refers to the difference in brightness between separate areas of the print.
  • A print with too much contrast does not have a full range of grays between deep blacks and whites & loose shadow areas and details in highlights
  • Printw that are too low in contrast do NOT have areas of pure black or are paper base white, appear "flat" or very gray
  • Changes in filters create changes in contrast
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Filter

Definition

 

Lower numbered filter will reduce contrast

 

Higher # filter will increase contrast

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Dodge

Definition

 

 

If most of the print has the correct exposure but 1 area is too dark, use tool to withhold light from area to ahve it become lighter

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Burn

Definition

 

 

if area is too light after main exposure an additonal exposure could be used, by a cardboard

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Split Filter Printing

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Technique using multiple filters to produce a print that has a full range of tonality.

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Aperture Scale

Definition

F2

F2.8

F4

F5.6

F8

F11

F16

F22

F32

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Relative Aperture

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Size of the lens opening expressed as an F#

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Lens Speed

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Maximum relative aperture of a lens ex: F2 or F4

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Stopping down

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The process of moving from a larger aperture (smaller f#) to a smaller aperture (large F #)

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Opening Up

Definition

 

 

 

The process of moving from a smaller aperture (large f #) to a larger aperture (smaller f #)

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F. Stop

Definition

 

  • Sequence of #'s expressing the relative apertures of a lens.
  • The focal lenth of th elens divided by the effective aperture diameter.
  • Each change of an F. Stop setting halves or double of image brightness.
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Focal plane shutter

Definition

 

  • a mechanism in a camera that allows light to strike the film by the action of a moving slit located in the back of a camer near the plane of focus.

 

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Leaf Shutter

Definition

 

 

  • a mechanism in a camera that allows light to strike the film as the result of opening a series of overlapping metal leaves.
  • It is usually built into a lens
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Reciprocity law of exposure

Definition

 

 

 

a relationship between the length of exposure and the intesity of the light that states that as long as the profuct of these 2 factors remains constant, the effect of exposure will be the same

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Focus

Definition

 

 

The distance behind a lens where the lgith waves intersect forming a sharp image. The act of adjusting a lens to produce a sharp image of the selected subject.

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Focal Point

Definition

 

 

The point on a focused image where the rays of light intersect coming from the same point on the subject

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Circle of Confusion

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A tiny circle of light formed by a lens as it projects the image of a single point of light from the subject. The smaller the circles of confusion the shaper he image will appear.

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Depth of Field

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The distance between th closest and farthest points from a camera that are equally as sharp in the image defined by = size cirles of confusion

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Hyyperfocal Distance

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The distance to the plane of sharpest focus when infinity is at the farthest plane of the depth of field

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Zone Focusing

Definition

 

 

To preset the focus of your lens that a particular action will take place within the depth of field.

Term
Electromgnetic Spectrum
Definition
The forms of radiant energy defined by their wavelength ranging from gamma rays (billionths of a millimeter) on the short end to radio waves on the long end
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Visible Light
Definition
Radiant energy the human eye is senstive to raning from 400-700 nanometers. We experience this energy as the colors violet, blue, greeen, yellow,and red.
Term
Ultraviolet Light
Definition
a portion of the elctromagnetic spectrum adjacent to violet. ultraviolet is invisible to the human eye but stronly affects photographic materials.
Term
Infrared Light
Definition
a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum adjacent to red. We are sensitive to this energy as heat. Some photgraphic materials are senstive to infared radiation.
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Gelatin
Definition
an animal product made from skins and bones. It's the primary material used in photography to hold light sensitive crystals in suspension on both film and paper
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Emulsion
Definition
Silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin which makes up the light sensitive coating on photographic film and paper
Term
Silver Halides
Definition
Chemical compunds of silver bromide, silver chloride, and silver iodid. These are the light sensitive crystals suspened in gelatin that comprises most photographic emulsions. Silver bromide is the most commonly used.
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Photon
Definition
refer to a particle of light when light is behaving more like a particle than a wavelength of energy
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Latent Image
Definition
invisible image which is formed when silver halide crystals have been changed chemically by the action of light. Requires development to become visible.
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Developing our Process
Definition
a photographic process that produces latent images that are then made visible by the action of a developer.
Term
Developer
Definition
a chemical that reduces an exposed silver halide crystal to a deposit of metallic silver
Term
Stop Bath
Definition
A chemical used between the developer and the fixer to stop the action of the developer. It is usually a week solution of acetic acid.
Term
Fixer
Definition
a chemical which makes unexposed silver halide crystals soluble, so they will wash out of film/paper
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Camera obscura
Definition
a dark room with a small opening to allow light to enter and form an image on the opposite wall that will be both upside down and backwards.
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Pinhole camera
Definition
a camera that uses a tiny opening rather than a lens to form an image
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Refraction
Definition
the change in the direction of the light as it passes from 1 transparent medium to antoher of a different refractive index
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Diffraction
Definition
the change in the path of light when it passes close to an opaque surface
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Diffusion
Definition
The scattering of light so that it is not all traveling in the same direction.
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Positive lents
Definition
a lens of convex shape that will refract light to a converging path to produce a focal point behind the lens
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Negative lens

Definition
a lens of concave shape that will refract the path of light to a diverging path so thee will be no focal point or image produced behind the lens.
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Focal length

Definition
the distance behind a lens that the light coming from infinity will produce a sharp focus.
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Infinity

Definition
for photographic purposes- it is the distance between the subject and the camera when the lgith from the subject is reaching the camera as parallel light.
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Normal lens

Definition
  • a standard lens most oftne supplied with a particular size camera.
  • It usually has a focal length = to the diagonal of the size of the negative.
  • It also has an angle of acceptance at a given distance = to human vision. a normal lens for 35 mm cameras have a focal length close to 50mm.
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Wide Angle Lens

Definition
  • a lens whose focal length is shorter than the diagonal of the size of the negative with which it is used.
  • The angle of acceptance is greater or wider than that of a normal lens.
  • A wide angle lens is often called a short lens. For 35 mm photography-lenses having a focal length less than 50mm
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Telephoto lens

Definition
  • a lens whose focal length is longer than the diagonal of the size of the negative. 
  •  has an angle of acceptance smaller or narrower than a normal lents.
  • referred to as a long lens. for 35 mm photography-lenses having a focal length greater than 50mm
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Angle of acceptance

Definition
The angle formed at the lens by the edges or limits of the subject matter included in the negative. This varies with focal length and format size.
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Reflected Light Meter

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An exposure meter that measures the amoutn of light reflected or emitted from a subject

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Incident Light Meter

Definition

 

 

An exposure meter that measures the amount of light falling on a subject

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Spot Meter

Definition

 

 

 

a reflected light exposure meter with a very small angle of acceptance, used to measure the brightness of a small portion of a subject.

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Middle Gray

Definition

 

 

A standard average gray tone that reflects 18% of the light falling on its surface.

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Shadows

Definition

 

 

  • The areas of your print that are the darkest gray with some detail.
  • These are areas are defined as 2 stops less exposure than middle gray.
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Highlights

Definition

 

  • The areas of your print that are the lightest gray with some detail.
  • These areas are defined as 2 stops more exposure than middle gray.
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Gray Card

Definition

 

  • a card that on its gray side reflects 18% of the light falling on its surface and on its white side reflects 90%.
  • Gray cards are used to determine exposures in difficult metering situation.
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