Snap to it: Terminology

by eatpraytri on June 19, 2013

Ok if you have spent any time reading about photography or scouring the internet for hours upon hours trying to figure out how to use your new DSLR (cough…that’s me) you will run into lots of terminology that may make you go, “I’m sorry….what?” Hopefully this can help solve some of the mystery that is photography terminology.

SOOC- pronounced “sook” Straight out of Camera

This is used a LOT when talking about editing. Comparing an edited photo to what came “straight out of the camera”

RAW- not technically an acronym and doesn’t stand for anything other than just the file type.

When shooting you have the option to shoot in RAW or JPEG or both in some cases. Which one is better? That is for another post. ;-)

JPEG- stands for Joint Experts Photographic Group

Another type of file photos are shot/saved in

OOF- out of focus

Pretty self explanatory?

CC- constructive criticism/critique

Also self explanatory. In some photography groups on facebook I am in, people ask for CC on their images all the time. Critiquing others photos as well as having others critique yours can help you learn a LOT. I love it.

SS- shutter speed

Part of our friend, the exposure triangle

OCF- off camera flash

Flash photography is something that I am beginning to learn about. The flash ON the actual camera is pretty taboo to use. Provides a harsh, flat light. Off camera flash provides so much more interesting effects and can add a lot of drama to a photo. Excited to learn more about it.

B&W- black and white

AF- Auto Focus

MM- milimeter

For use in lenses mostly

LR- LightRoom

My number one go to editing software. What this tool can do for you is just amazing. I can’t wait to show you guys some examples.

PSE- Photshop Elements

Kind of the little sister/brother to Photoshop (the big daddy). I used it for the 30 day free trial and found it difficult. LR was much easier  Now that I know more I could probably get the handle on it easier, but LR is still where it’s at for me.

AWB- auto white balance

Unless I’m using my ExpoDisc I pretty much keep my camera in AWB. You can achieve each of the affects of the different white balance selections on your camera through post processing so I don’t even bother switching it around on my camera while shooting. Already too many other settings to change, don’t need to bother with one more!

BBF- back button focus

Can’t decide if I love or hate this, but I think I am leaning more towards love. This will likely be the subject of another post, but wanted to throw it in here anyway.

AI-SERVO- Artificial Intelligence (no idea was Servo means)

This setting works with your focus. Since I currently use BBF, this goes hand in hand. Basically I focus on my subject and then if it moves (or I move) the focus follows the subject. This way I can focus, recompose, shoot, recompose again and shoot again without having to refocus. Sound confusing? Yeah I know, it makes more sense in person. I will try to explain it more when I talk about BBF. ;-)

CF- compact flash

Surprise surprise, some DLSR’s don’t use SD cards. They use CF cards. This was a surprise when I got my new Canon 7D. Was all excited to use it and oops! No card.

Assignment: acronym

Pick one of the above and use it for inspiration for your photo this week. Doesn’t need to be of anything in particular, just needs to be inspired by one of the terms from above. Make sure you explain to me in your email of your submission which term you used, unless its super obvious like mine.

IMG_3021

eesh!! This is what happens when you miss focus. BLARGH! Luckily I refocused and got one that is sharp. Hate it when I do that!

And since I can’t leave you with a blurry photo…here is a B&W.

IMG_3165

Any other terminology that I missed? Have you seen something and don’t know what it is? Leave it in the comments and I will see if I can help!

Which one are you going to choose for the assignment? I can’t wait to see what you pick!! 

 

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Snap to it {submissions} : At the Zero

by eatpraytri on June 18, 2013

Thank you all so much for your patience as I had to postpone last weeks Snap to it submissions and tip. As you all know, it was a very hard, sad, rough week for me, but thankfully with the support of many good friends and family I am feeling much better. My little Chloe girl will always be a part of my heart and life.

Ok, on to the submissions from last weeks At the Zero challenge. The challenge was to take a perfectly exposed photo that was metered right at the zero in the exposure compensation bar. This is where I feel like learning really kicks in. I’m gonna add a little bit of commentary on each photo to hopefully help people understand the settings and why those settings would achieve good exposure for each particular photo.

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My favorite from this week was Heathers from What does she do all day. I love the subject, composition and colors in this one. I want to know what she is looking at!  (go check her post for other awesome pics from this haircutting experience!)

BASIC_bowl-101

So for this one, Heather was indoors. Indoors can sometimes cause a lack of available light if you are in a room that doesn’t have a lot of big windows or light coming in. In order to get great exposure without bumping ISO too high, the f stop is really wide open. Also provides that awesome bokeh in the back. Lovely.

Knight

This cute little dragon slayer is from Ann over at Cooking Dangerously. Here is her post.  I don’t know her shutter speed but I am assuming it was probably a little low which caused the blur down at the bottom near his arms. That would be camera shake or he moved and if the shutter speed wasn’t fast enough then you can see the movement. Since she was outdoors and it was cloudy and rainy, in order to get a lower ISO and higher shutter speed, the f stop would need to be opened up a bit. Maybe to like f/3.0 or so. You could achieve the same amount of sharpness in his face, and also lower the ISO and increase shutter speed. Exposure would end up being around the same but risk of ISO noie and camera shake would decrease.

Midwestern Bite Joanna Snap To It Week 4 Exposure

Ok so I seriously love this one from Joanna. This is also a shot that I would probably do if I were submitting photos. Not only does it have her husbands butt, but it has her dogs butt. Go check out her post for more awesome butts.  A pic like this can be tough to expose since you have some light colored shorts next to a pretty dark dog. Being outside in some awesome evening light totally works though. Her focal plane is great which is why she has such sharpness even at a f/1.8 AND she get the awesome bokeh in the background. Very nice work.

IMG_3937Ok how cute is this?! This is from Katherine and I am just loving the cute subjects she is always submitting photos of. I love the composition and the framing in this one. So, so cute.  In this one, since she is outside in lots of available light, I would suggest lowering ISO which will in turn lower the shutter speed as well. Closing up f stop by just a bit (to maybe f/3.0 or so) might increase sharpness her whole body while still achieving a pretty bokeh in the background. She is pretty far away from the background so that is totally doable.

Good job everyone! Tomorrow we are talking terminology. And you have your choice of assignment. Ohhhh the options!!

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My favorite Chloe stories

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What happened

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Sad day

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Saturday Snap

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I’m kind of at a loss for what to blog about today mostly because Saturday is like the slowest blog reading day out of the week. Second only to Sunday maybe? But I also am on a roll with my June blog-a-day challenge so I’ve got to keep it up. So in that effort, here [...]

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So now that I am all busy training for my upcoming 10k, I’ve had to get some music in order. I am not one of those people who can run without music. I honestly don’t understand how anyone can do that, but to each his own I guess. So now that I am a (ridiculously [...]

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