Man! You'll Control Your Camera!
Camera setting where you control the focus of the lens by hand
What is manual focus?
You've achieved this balance of light when your light meter reads "zero"
A little bit of an obscure device, projected images upside down for artists to trace.
What is the camera obscura?
"Snapshot" photographer who documents her life and the lives of her friends in an intimate and colorful capacity.
Who is Nan Goldin?
This style of lighting, named after the 17th Century Dutch painter, is famous for its triangular illumination on the cheek.
What is Rembrandt Lighting?
Secondary effect of aperture, how much of your image can be in focus.
What is depth of field?
A film's sensitivity to light, or a digital image sensor's simulated sensitivity to light by means of amplification
What is ISO?
He couldn't draw, so he invented photography!
Who was Joseph Niepce?
Though she became famous early on for her untitled cinematic frames, this photographer is "still" pushing boundaries to this day
Who is Cindy Sherman?
Despite its large size, the sun at midday provides this type of lighting?
What is hard lighting?
Lowering this while photographing a horse race will give you some smeared stallion stills!
What is shutter speed?
Click! The length of time your sensor is exposed to light
What is shutter speed?
Patent-less process, first form of photography to take the world by storm!
What is Daguerreotype?
The mind and eye behind "The Kitchen Table Series" This photographers work often investigates black american life and the ways systemic racism shapes the images of America.
Who is Carrie Mae Weems?
A light source placed at the subject's 12 o'clock, illuminating their edges, and leaving the face in darkness.
Gaining grain
What is increasing ISO?
A component of exposure measured in f-stops.
What is aperture?
This company pioneered consumer photography with their camera the "Brownie" proclaiming "You push the button, we'll do the rest"
What is Kodak?
Man who stitched together up to 30 negatives in early attempt to prove photography's worth as an artistic medium.
Who was O. G. Rejlander?
A variant of rembrandt lighting, in which the subject turns slightly toward the light source, is said to have a slimming effect.
What is broad lighting?
The camera's calculated sense of yellow vs. blue tint, sometimes set by pointing the camera at a colorless object
What is white balance?
Moving from a higher numbered f-stop, to a lower numbered one, i.e. f/16 to f5.6
What is stopping up?
Released by Nikon in 1999, this DSLR demolished the competition and proved digital was here to stay.
What is the Nikon D1?
Founding member of f/64 whose masterful use of shape and lighting helped her bring a unique approach to portraiture.
What is a catch light?