glos·sa·ry pl. glossaries
noun: list of difficult or specialized words with definitions
noun: list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions / explanations. Sometimes called glossImprecise etymology: glossa, ancient Greek meaning “tongue”
gloss pl. glosses
noun: brief explanatory notes or translations of difficult or complex expressions, often in margins or between linesverb: to gloss: to annotate
verb: to give a deliberately false interpretation, misrepresent
Just Just Words
Words that have weight / heft. They mean more the more you think about them.
IGPAANATUI — “I’ve got Photoshop and am not afraid to use it.”
I retouch images. I’m not a purist like a “real” photographer. Wildlife photographers are the most vehement about not altering images. Screw that. I’m not a prisoner of conventions or reality. :-)
When I tag an image with this acronym, it means I’ve taken serious liberties beyond just optimizing colors for web use. One exception: I don’t always announce that I’ve rebuilt the eyes of critters photographed at night. Their retinas shine back at me and seriously muck up images that are otherwise good ones. That’s sometimes true with humans in the nocturnal world, too.