Q1
What is the etymology (origin & history) of the world photography?
A: Writing with light
Q2
What year was the first photograph made in camera?
A: 1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)
Q3
When did the first photograph of a human appear?
A: 1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)
Q4
Who made the first ‘selfie’?
A: Robert Cornelius (1839)
Q5
When did the first colour photograph appear?
A: 1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)
Q6
What do we mean by the word genre?
A: A style or category of art
Q7
What do we mean by the genre of still-life?
A: An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world
Q8
What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?
A: To affirm photography as an art form
Q9
How do we describe the term documentary photography?
A: Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events
Q10
What is exposure in photography?
A: The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor
Q11
What controls exposure on your camera?
A: Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.
Q12
What control on our camera records moving objects?
A: Shutter
Q13
How do we explain depth of field?
A: How much of your image is in focus
Q14
What factors affect Depth of Field?
A: Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.
Q15
What is composition in photography?
A: The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.
Q16
What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?
A: 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?
A: 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?
A: 4.7 billion
Q19
Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world?
A: The Queen (Elizabeth II)