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 affirm photography as an art form 

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?

Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events.  
Provide in-depth information about a subject over a long period time.  
An interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer. 

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?

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. 
 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?

To provide historical, cultural and theoretical 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) 

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) 

This is a print screen of all of the photographs I took in my photoshoot. I experimented with different lights, making the temperature warm and cool. I positioned the objects in different places to have a variety of photos. The objects I used for this still life shoot were nostalgic as the teddy is a childhood toy which has memories connected, the polaroid can be seen as nostalgic since, even though is is a recent photo, polaroid’s are old, lastly, the tin box could symbolise a time capsule holding nostalgic memories.

The photos below are some of my strongest photographs from this photoshoot.

Simple Editing to enhance my strongest photo:

This is a screen screenshot of the before and after of a photo from this shoot that I edited in Lightroom. I brightened the image and increased highlights. I also adjusted the tone curves to dull down certain colours.

This is the final image:

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?

20sec

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?

30sec

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

Image Diagnosis

Choose an image to analyse

Look carefully at the image and add your findings below

Focus

• Is this image in focus?
• Partly in focus?
• Is the depth of field shallow or wide?

Lighting

• What lighting has been used? Flash or continuous? Hard or soft?
• How can you / we tell?
• Is the lighting effective?
• Why / why not?

Exposure

• Does the image have a balanced exposure?
• Over-exposed?
• Under-exposed
• What are the signs of this?
• What is the connection between the kind of lighting used and the exposure settings?

• Include the FILE INFO / META_DATA here
• Aperture
• Shutter Speed
• ISO

White Balance

• Does the image have a hue / tinge to it?
• What is the colour cast?
• Do the white objects appear white?

(Add this information plus the image to a blog post)

Q1. Where and when did still life originate?

• The early 1600s from Dutch and Northern European paintings

Q2. What does colonialism mean?

• Control by one power over a dependent area or people

Q3. How did colonialism impact the still life?

• It introduced new materials and techniques.

Q4. what do you see in early still life paintings?

• Variety of foods, flowers and occasionally skulls.

Q5. What could they symbolize?

• They could symbolize wealth and power in some cases and others maybe death, and lack of time which is shown in the paintings with skulls and or hourglasses.

Still life is an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

Still life originated during the early 1600s Dutch and Northern European paintings. Many of the objects symbolise religion and morality. Colonialism played a part in still life since it means, control by one power over a dependent area or people. This led to the suppression of traditional African art forms and the promotion of European art. In the early (and modern) still life work, you can see burnt candles, human skulls, dying flowers, fruits and vegetables, broken chalices, jewellery, crowns, watches, mirrors, bottles, glasses and vases. These could be symbolic of the brevity of life, power, beauty and wealth. The most common objects to be seen are skulls and hourglasses which could symbolise death and the fragility of life, the hourglass connects with the skull to portray the time that you have left.

Pieter Claesz was a Dutch painter of the 17th century. He painted still-life images. His range of subjects included breakfast settings with glass or metal objects painted in a monochromatic colour palette and layouts of different objects. The image below is one of his paintings.