Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?
Writing with light.

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

1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)

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

1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’

Robert Cornelius (1839)

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?

1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?

A style or category of art.

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 record reality

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?

Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events.

Q10: What is exposure in photography?

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor.

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?

Shutter

Q13: How do we explain depth of field?

How much of your image is in focus.

Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field? Shutter speed, distance from camera to subject, and sensitivity to light.

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

Q15: What is composition in photography?

The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?

Concerned with the nature of beauty and taste.

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?

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)

The term “still life” describes a work of art that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world, such as fruit, flowers, dead game, and/or vessels like baskets or bowls. Looked at another way: still life’s depict things that are “still” and don’t move.

The earliest known still life paintings were created by the Egyptians in the 15th century. Funerary paintings of food, including crops, fish, and meat, have been discovered in burial sites.

During the Middle Ages, artists changed the still life for religious purposes. In addition to incorporating symbolic arrangements ( a Lilly for purity and innocence) , they also used them to decorate manuscripts. Objects like coins, seashells, and fruit can be found in the borders of these book.

Northern Renaissance artists popularized still life iconography with their flower paintings. These pieces typically showcase colourful flowers “from different countries and different continents in one vase an blooming at the same time” and often do not feature other subject matter. These paintings rose to prominence in the early 17th century, when artists grew increasingly interested in creating realistic studies of everyday items.

Dutch Golden Age artists took this fascination in detailed floral art a step further with their vanitas paintings. Vanitas paintings are inspired by memento mori, a genre of painting thats Latin name translates to “remember that you have to die.” These pieces often pair cut flowers with objects like human skulls, candles, and overturned hourglasses to comment on ‘the fleeting nature of life.’

As still life’s continued in popularity throughout the ages modern day photographers began to experiment at first because of the nature of the photos being ‘still’ and easier to capture with less advanced cameras but quickly became a popular classical style of photography.

 

 

Nostalgia

This is my first attempt at the virtual gallery. I used photos that I took from my ‘Nostalgia’ photoshoot. For the gallery I edited the photos to be black and white as I thought it would look the best. The photographs on the side walls are my least favourite in the gallery as it was hard to angle them correctly. Despite this, I do like how it turned out since it was my first try.

I used this photo, which I found on google, as the gallery. I edited it to change the colouring of the lighting as I didn’t like how bright it was.

I added in new layers and imported the different photographs onto the gallery. I used ‘ctrl T’ to be able to adjust the positioning of the photographs and put them on the walls.

I then added a drop shadow to give it a more realistic effect. This made the photographs look more like real photographs hanging on the wall.

To improve that even more, I also added a slight stroke to give a small border around the photgraphs.

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

The etymology of the word photography is writing with light. 

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

The year was 1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)

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

The first photograph appeared in1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’? 

Robert Cornelius (1839) made the first selfie. 

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear? 

The first colour photograph appeared on 1861 (James Clerk Maxwell) 

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre? 

Genre means a style or category of art. 

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

Genre of still-life means an image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world. 

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

The main purpose is to record reality. 

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography? 

The term documentary photography means an interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer. 

Q10: What is exposure in photography 

Exposure in photography means the amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor. 

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera? 

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO 

Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects? 

Shutter 

Q13: How do we explain depth of field? 

A view across a field. 

Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field? 

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

Q15: What is composition in photography? 

Composition is the arrangement of visual elements within the frame.

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art? 

Aesthetics in art means concerned with the nature of beauty and taste. 

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography? 

To provide historical, cultural and theoretical understanding of images. 

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

6.9 billion 

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

The Queen (Elizabeth II)

Writing light

1826

1838

Robert Cornelius

1861

Style or category of art

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

To affirm photography as an art form

Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor

Aperture, shutter speed, iso

Shutter

How much of your image is in focus

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

The arrangement of visual elements within the frame

Aesthetic qualities refer to the way and artwork looks and feels

To provide historical, cultural and theoretical understanding of images

4.7 billion

The Queen (Elizabeth II)

Exposure:

Exposure is the amount of light a digital camera’s sensor captures when a photo is taken. Too much light results in a washed out photo (overexposed). Too little light and the photo will be too dark (underexposed).

Aperture:

The aperture setting controls the size of the lens opening that allows light into your camera. You can blur the foreground and background that bracket your subject (known as shallow depth of field) by opening up the aperture with a low f-stop number; alternatively, you can keep your photo sharp from the foreground through to the background (known as wide depth of field) by closing the aperture down with a high f-stop number.

Shutter Speed:
The shutter speed setting controls how long the shutter opens to expose the image sensor to that light. Open it for just a millisecond and you can freeze a fast moving subject. Alternatively, you can show the movement of a fast moving subject by keeping it open longer with a slow shutter speed.

ISO:

The ISO setting a camera’s image sensor can be adjusted to detect more, or less light as needed for a good exposure. On a bright sunny day too much light hitting the sensor can cause an overexposure so make it less sensitive with a low ISO number. If your shooting conditions are dark the sensor needs to detect more light so increase its sensitivity with a higher ISO. High ISO will cause graininess so as a rule use the lowest ISO possible. 

Exposure Meter:

The Exposure Meter is your final check before you snap a shot. At a glance it tells you how your exposure will turn out based on the Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO settings. A well exposed shot lines up right down the centre at zero. An underexposed shot (too little light) falls left of centre and an overexposed shot (too much light) falls right of centre.