Week 8 Vocabulary: collage, sepia toning, selenium toning, duotone

collage: a combination or collection of various things

sepia toning: specialized treatment to give a black and white photographic print a warmer tone

selenium toning: archival toning process which converts metallic silver to silver selenide. In a diluted toning, selenium toning gives a red-brown tone, while a strong solution gives a purple-brown tone.

duotone: halftone reproduction of n image using the superimposition of the contrasting color halftone. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns, and reds.

triptych - seattle

my top pictures of 2014

30 Day Photo Challenge (My Choice Themes)

Food (8)

Street (10)

Nature/Plants (3)

Long Exposure (3)

Night/Star Trail (6)

Miscellaneous (3)

2014 collage

Week 6 Vocabulary: fill flash, documentary photography, magnesium flare

fill flash: a technique used to brighten deep shadow areas

documentary photography: a type of photography used to chronicle both significant and historical events and everyday life

magnesium flare: a brilliant white flash of light or flare containing metallic magnesium wire or ribbon

Week 7 Vocabulary: flash lamp, arc lamp, Yablochov candle, triptych

flash lamp: a lamp used for producing a brief but intense flash of light by using an electric current to start burning flash powder

arc lamp: a lamp that produces light by an electric arc

Yablochov Candle: also known as the electric candle, the Yablochov candle is a type of electric carbon arc lamp (invented by Peter Yablochov)

triptych: a display of three pictures on three different panels hinged together side by side, and used as an alterpiece

my top photo challenge categories

1. street photography
2. night photography/star trail photography 
3. long-exposure photography
4. food photography

5. nature