Devil's Dictionary

[Apex]

Bokeh (unknown pronunciation) - That blurry stuff behind the person you just took a photo of.

 

[Battou]

Flash Sync - Simultanious blouse lifting involving three or more women

View camera - An action taken by those who can not afford a dSLR

 

[Senor Hound]

It's a joke. I'm not suggesting that anybody go pop pills to calm themselves down.

Yeah. Besides, Valium works much better for In-Body Stabilization

Adobe RGB: What you use when you want your shots to look like they're made out of clay.

Depth of Field Preview: Device that tells you how deep the field of grass, hay, or flowers is you're about to take a photo of. Measures from fence to fence, usually in meters (Pentax reads in feet).

Exposure Bracketing: When taking a shot of a model, shows you what she would look like without a shirt on and also with a coat on. Can be adjusted to remove bra/add parka, etc.

Photoshop: When you mess up a photo really bad, this is where you go to buy one you can call your own.

 

[Battou]

Exif data - Common Typo for a map showing one how to leave the room

 

[rufus5150]

Natural Light Photographer -- Photographer who can't afford off camera flash.

 

[Mike_E]

F-Stop= Divorce Lawyer.

 

[Do'Urden's Eyes]

IS (Image Stabilization) - Lazy mans tripod

Monopod - Tripod with birth defects

Tripod - Poor mans image stabilization

Best ones yet!

 

[icassell]

Focusing Ring -- A bunch of crooks with cameras

Zoom -- What the focusing ring (see above) does when they get caught

 

[Battou]

Light painting - A teenagers twist on motion blur

Motion Blur - Happens with too much suger

Loose Canon - Slang for "the kid drops his camrea"

Howitzer - A long range canon

 

[icassell]

Ultra Wide Angle What happens to the person who sits around all day reading TPF instead of getting outside and shooting ...

 

[Battou]

Super Macro - Title given to the guy who made well over two thousand meaningful posts on a photography forum within the first year.

 

[The Dread Pirate Robins]

Cable Release - turning off the TV, perhaps to go outside and shoot some photos.

 

[icassell]

Red Eye Photographic proof that children really are demons.

 

[Battou]

Myspace portrait - A photo of ones cameras flash in action

 

[icassell]

Ballhead, Quick Release, Hot Shoe Belonging to a category of terms which cannot be discussed here