History of Photography
Composition & Design
Exposure Triangle & Camera Basics
Portrait & Product Photography
Photoshop Basics
100
a device that projects an image of the outside world onto a darkened space inside.
What is camera obscura?
100
the arrangement of subjects and the layout of a picture to create an aesthetically pleasing image.
What is Composition?
100
This is the general term associated with how much light the camera's sensor if exposed to.
What is exposure?
100
The subject of a portrait
Who is a person or group of people?
100
The tool that allows you to eliminate unwanted areas on the perimeter of your composition in Photoshop.
What is crop/crop tool?
200
This is the experiment we did in class where we used light reactive paper to create a sun print.
What is a cyanotype?
200
Subject matter that originates from living organisms.
What is organic subject matter?
200
When this is open longer, there are greater chances of motion blur.
What is the camera's shutter/shutterspeed?
200
This can be used in any type of photoshoot to elevate (either figuratively or literally) the subject.
What is a prop?
200
This is the file type we use in class to submit images on canvas. It works well for images files and reduces file size.
What is JPG/JPEG?
300
Early photography was all shot in this.
What is Black & White?
300
One of the principles of design that relates to arranging the visual weight in a composition in a way that appears equal.
What is balance?
300
This is the eye-like component of the camera that adjusts the amount of light passes through the lens. It is measured in focal stops (f-stops).
What is Aperture?
300
Who a product is likely to be purchased by.
Who is a target consumer/audience?
300
Raising or lowering this on a layer changes how opaque or see-thru the image on the layer is.
What is opacity?
400
He was the founding father of digital photography.
Who is Steve Sasson?
400
Type of balance that has at least one axis of division, where the image is projected on both sides of the origin.
What is symmetrical?
400
This is the circular piece of glass on a camera that light must pass through first before the aperture or sensor.
What is a lens/camera lens?
400
This is the type of light equipment used to simulate natural light in a studio.
What is a light diffuser?
400
When a filter, such as a gaussian blur is applied, and you want to use your paintbrush to remove some of the blur filter, black would need to be on top on the toolbar. To add the blur back, you would need this color on top.
What is white?
500
He was credited for taking the very first photograph, entitled: "View from the Window at Le Gras."
Who is Joseph Nicephore Niepce?
500
The compositional technique that suggests dividing the frame into thirds vertically and horizontally, then placing subject matter at one or more of the intersections.
What is the rule of thirds?
500
The lighting, your aperture, and this exposure setting, would need to be adjusted if your image turned out underexposed (too dark).
What is ISO?
500
A piece of paper or board that reduces or increases reflected side light on a product photoshoot.
What is a bounce card?
500
Your file will be compressed and you will lose these if you forget to save an unfinished Photoshop project as a PSD (Photoshop file).
What are layers?