Photographic Techniques

and ArtifactsAlexandria Misthos

Photography 1

Shallow Depth of Field

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Definition

• Is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image

Deep Depth of Field

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/weekly-photo-challenges/42456d1252069910-project-52-2-09-depth-field-deep-imgp8019_forum.jpg

http://templebasicphoto.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/andrewdeepdepthblog.jpg

Definition

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pool-freepixels.jpg

Is the distance between the nearest and

farthest objects in a scene that

appear acceptably sharp

in an image

Fast Shutter Speed

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Definition

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Shutter speed determines the length of the time the shutter

is open. The bigger the denominator, the

faster the speed.

Slow Shutter Speed

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Definition

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/images/slow-shutter-speed-1-1.jpg

Shutter speed determines the length of the time the shutter is open. The

tinier the denominator, the slower the speed.

Film Grain

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Definition

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This is how much "texture" the film itself has. It can look much like grains of sand on the image. It is

usually an issue with low light situations and high

speed film. It can also be a factor when greatly

enlarging an image portion of the image.

Digital Noise

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Definition

http://www.guillermoluijk.com/article/nonoise/ejemplo1.jpg

Is used to describe the occurrence of color

dots or specks where there should be none