Introduction to A-level Photography Quiz
Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?
20sec
Writing with light.
Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera?
20sec
1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)
Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear?
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1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)
Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’
20sec
Robert Cornelius (1839)
Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?
20sec
1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)
Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?
20sec
A creative process in art
Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life?
20sec
An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world.
Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?
20sec
To affirm photography as an art form
Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?
30sec
Staging images for maximum effect.
Q10: What is exposure in photography?
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The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor.
Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?
30sec
Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.
Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?
Shutter
Q13: How do we explain depth of field?
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How much of your image is in focus.
Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field?
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Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.
Q15: What is composition in photography?
20sec
The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.
Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?
30sec
Concerned with the nature of beauty and taste.
It is subjective and in the eye of the beholder.
Aesthetic qualities refer to the way and artwork looks and feels.
Making a critical judgement based on observation and understanding.
Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?
30sec
To provide historial, cultural and theoterical understanding of images.
Consider factors outside of the image, as well as inside the frame.
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)
Lauren Hodgson