ARTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

adjective

1) used to refer to a type of painting, drawing, or sculpture that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things
2) existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object

noun

1) a painting that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things
2) a short form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving only the most important facts or ideas

noun

any of various usually liquid substances that can react with and sometimes dissolve other materials

noun

the space between two lines or surfaces at the point at which they touch each other, measured in degrees

noun

a small and often narrow opening, especially one that allows light into a camera

noun

1) a person whose job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are built correctly
2) a person responsible for achieving a particular plan or aim

adjective

relating to the design of buildings

noun

1) the art and science of designing and making buildings, or the style of a building
2) the style in which buildings are made

noun

the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned

noun

1) something that you cannot see clearly
2) something that you cannot remember or understand clearly

noun

an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, or painting

noun

a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops of water

adjective

consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very little space

verb

1) 1) to produce music, poetry, or formal writing
2) to be formed from various things
3) to be the parts that something is made of
4) to form or make up something

adjective

calm and in control of your emotions

noun

1) a piece of music that someone has written
2) the process or skill of writing music
3) the way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph
4) something that a person has created or written, esp. a text, a work of art, or a piece of music, or the act of creating or writing something
5) the mixture of things or people that are combined to form something

noun

a specially lit room where photographic film is processed

noun

1) the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky
2) the start of a period of time or the beginning of something new
3) from early morning until night

noun

1) the distance down either from the top of something to the bottom, or to a distance below the top surface of something
2) the distance from the front to the back of something

adjective

1) recording or storing information as series of the numbers 1 and 0, to show that a signal is present or absent
2) using or relating to digital signals and computer technology
3) showing information in the form of an electronic image

verb

1) to heat a liquid until it changes to a gas and then make it liquid again by cooling
2) to reduce it but keep the most important part

noun

1) a single photograph on a piece of film, or the amount of time a piece of film is open to the light when making a photograph
2) one of the positions in a strip of film that can produce a photograph

noun

1) any of several types of equipment or devices for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for removing particular types of light
2) a thin piece of plastic or glass placed in front of a camera lens in order to change the colour or amount of light entering it
3) a tool for selecting or removing a particular type of information

noun

a sudden bright light that quickly disappears

adjective

central and important

noun

1) the people, objects, countryside, etc. in a picture or photograph that seem nearest to you and form its main part
2) the area that is of most importance and activity, or that people pay attention to

verb

to give the most importance to a particular subject, etc.

noun

1) a pattern, plan, or arrangement
2) the way in which information is arranged and stored on a computer

noun

a curved piece of glass, plastic, or other transparent material, used in cameras, glasses, and scientific equipment, that makes objects seem closer, larger, smaller, etc.

noun

1) a view of a wide area
2) a view, description, or study of events or activities

noun

1) the activity or job of taking photographs or filming
2) the skill or activity of taking or processing photographs

noun

a person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby

adjective

relating to, used for, or produced by photography

noun

1) a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person or, less commonly, of a group of people
2) a film or book that is a portrait of something describes or represents that thing in a detailed way

verb

1) to look at something carefully, with the eyes or with a machine, in order to get information
2) to look through a text quickly in order to find a piece of information that you want or to get a general idea of what the text contains

noun

a drawing that represents an idea or theory and makes it easier to understand

adjective

1) easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry
2) having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

verb

to make someone sensitive to something

noun

1) an area of darkness, caused by light being blocked by something
2) an area of darkness in which people and things cannot be seen
3) a small dark area of skin under your eye

noun

the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is being taken

noun

a white metal that is highly valued and used esp. in utensils, jewelry, coins, and decorative objects

adjective

1) made of silver, or of the colour of silver
2) of a bright gray-white color

verb

to cover something, especially glass, with a thin layer of silver-coloured material in order to make a mirror

noun

the light that comes from the sun

noun

a camera lens that makes objects far away look nearer and larger when they are photographed

noun

1) the quality of something that can be decided by touch; the degree to which something is rough or smooth, or soft or hard
2) the features of the surface of it, which comes from the materials used to make it

noun

a support with three legs for a piece of equipment such as a camera

noun

something such as a picture, photograph, or piece of film used to give a particular effect or to explain something

adjective

relating to seeing

verb

to move very quickly