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)