Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?

The word “photography” literally means writing with light.

Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera?

1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce) photographed from the view of his window at Le Gras, his family’s country home.

Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear?

1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre) photograph of a Paris street scene shows a man standing along the Boulevard du Temple getting his shoes shined.

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’?

Robert Cornelius (1839) who in October 1839 took his own picture in the backyard of his family’s light fixture store

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?

1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)The subject is a coloured ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon.

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?

a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content 

Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life?

An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world.

Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?

To affirm photography as an art form.  Pictorialisms believed that photography should be understood as a vehicle for personal expression on par with the other fine arts.

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?

A style of photographs that presents straightforward records of events, people and places, often recording important historical or political moments.

Q10: What is exposure in photography?

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor creating visual data over a period of time.

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?

The cameras Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?

Shutter

Q13: How do we explain depth of field?

the distance between the nearest and furthest elements in a scene that appear to be “acceptably sharp” in an image. 

Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field?

Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.

Q15: What is composition in photography?

how a photographer arranges visual elements within their frame. 

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?

Aesthetics is a discipline concerned with the perception, appreciation, and production of art

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?

To provide historial, cultural and theoterical understanding of images.

Q18: How many images are captured on average every day worldwide?

4.7 billion

Q19: Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world?

The Queen (Elizabeth II)