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?

20sec

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?

20sec

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?

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The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?

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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