a photographic term you think we should know, or should we? Recently, I have taken some good natured kidding for using the term "zygomatic arch" to describe a facial feature that might...

jonsommer Loc: Usually, somewhere on the U.S. west coast.

Recently, I have taken some good natured kidding for using the term "zygomatic arch" to describe a facial feature that might be referred to by most as "high cheek bones".

Bobby Deal uses technical terms at lot to describe what he's doing.

I thought that maybe we should have a thread where we can include our own "technical terms" share them with other members of the forum, and even have a reference string to go to.

So, who wants to take:
DoF
ETTR
PP
Butterfly light
Broad
Camera inferior (not a Nikon/Cannon debate)

OK, it's your turn

bettis1 Loc: Texas

Nothing wrong at all with using the proper nomenclature. Zygomatic arch is correct. When folks run across a term that they don't know it would be nice if their curiosity would be stimulated enough to look it up and expand their knowledge base.

Bob

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

jonsommer wrote:

Recently, I have taken some good natured kidding f... (show quote)

Not too many here guilty of this one but... we can't do
"filming" with a digital camera. Either we're recording,
shooting or capturing but not filming, that's impossible with a digital camera.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

jonsommer wrote:

Recently, I have taken some good natured kidding f... (show quote)

Jon, not sure that zygomatic arch is a useful photographic term, since we all have them and it does NOT actually convey that they are high, low or somewhere I between. We could adopt the term to mean that, but it would certainly not be international. Anyway, that's my take on it.
Some of your other terms are much more specialized in referring to something a little more universal.
A few terms that we use in classes a LOT, but are hard to define or even understand for those that have not been immersed in photography. Photography terms related to photographs and not to cameras.
Terms like:

Tension
Juxtaposition
Edge
Raw

Terms that are more defined and understood:
Soft
Bokeh
Negative space
Sharp
Pixilated
Tight
Engaged
Environmental
Shake
Motion blur

Jon, I'm sure your list is going to get long.
What will you do with it? ;-)
SS

Leon S Loc: Minnesota

One of the things I learned a long time ago when teaching both in schools and later in industry was the importance of speaking in a language my class understood. A good teacher usually has that ability. If your presenting material at Harvard Medical School, than technical words would be expected. When speaking at a high school level, common usage projects the most information to the greatest amount of people. I've seen too many posts done by people trying to impress one another with their command of vocabulary beyond normal usage. This includes using foreign spellings of words like the English spelling for color while being a life time resident of the US. If you don't believe this to be true, try teaching a class in Pakistan when you can only speak English. This holds true of coarse unless you are trying to climb the social ladder within a select group. However, I do now know a new word for high cheek boned.

bettis1 Loc: Texas

Leon S wrote:

However, I do now know a new word for high cheek boned.

The zygomatic arch is simply the name of an anatomic structure on a mammalian skull. It is not descriptive beyond that. If it is high, prominent, inconspicuous, etc. or has some characteristic that you want to point out, the descriptive adjective has to be added for your audience to know what you mean.

Bob

A term that I think is way overused in photography is "Pop"! What the hell is that???

B.

Nightsky Loc: Augusta, GA USA

bettis1 wrote:

The zygomatic arch is simply the name of an anatomic structure on a mammalian skull. It is not descriptive beyond that. If it is high, prominent, inconspicuous, etc. or has some characteristic that you want to point out, the descriptive adjective has to be added for your audience to know what you mean.

Bob

A term that I think is way overused in photography is "Pop"! What the hell is that???

B.

I would say that a photo has 'Pop' when your eye is instantly drawn to the subject even with just a casual glance.

GAH1944 Loc: SW Mich.

bettis1 wrote:

Nothing wrong at all with using the proper nomenclature. Zygomatic arch is correct. When folks run across a term that they don't know it would be nice if their curiosity would be stimulated enough to look it up and expand their knowledge base.

Bob

-------------yes,yes, yes !!!!!------- :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

Well, people STILL think something that takes a long time to learn is a "steep" learning curve when it is actually a shallow learning curve. Steep means one learns quickly or that the subject is easy to learn.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/6209/what-is-meant-by-steep-learning-curve

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

bettis1 wrote:

bob

A term that I think is way overused in photography is "Pop"! What the hell is that???
B.

It's merely bob, spelled upside down!! YOU'RE what the H*LL it is. :lol: :lol:
SS

skylane5sp Loc: Puyallup, WA

Sorry, but I have to ask...
Does that mean if bob takes pictures upside down they will automatically pop?

snails_pace Loc: Utah

"POP"?

I'm reminded of a famous quote by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. A decision had been made on obscenity vs. First and Fourth Amendments:

"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it... "

Not everything is so easily defined. But I know when a picture "pops" :-)

BigDen Loc: Alberta, Canada

snails_pace wrote:

"POP"? br br I'm reminded of a famous q... (show quote)

Obscenity or Pop it still comes down to an individual's own perspective.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

skylane5sp wrote:

Sorry, but I have to ask...
Does that mean if bob takes pictures upside down they will automatically pop?

The camera can be right-side-up. But as long as he's standing on his head, yes, I think it will bob, I mean.......,pop! :lol:
SS

bettis1 Loc: Texas

SharpShooter wrote:

It's merely bob, spelled upside down!! YOU'RE what the H*LL it is. :lol: :lol:
SS

Unless it is spelled backward and then it isbobor unless I am standing on my head and facing away from the subject and then it ispop.

pop