Composition
Parts of a Camera
Photography History
Film Development/Dark Room
Misc. Photo Questions
100

This draws attention to the subject by having all the lines point towards the subject

What is leading lines?

100

The is part of the camera that opens and closes to let light in.

What is the shutter?

100

This instrument projected an image upside down on the wall to be traced over.

What is the camera obscura? 

100

This active chemical solution mix converts the latent (invisible) image on the film/paper visible by converting exposed silver halide crystals in the emulsion to a visible metallic silver.

What is developer?

100

The focal ratio that determines aperture size compared to its focal length, Given N=F/D, where F is the focal length and D is the diameter of the entrance pupil of the lens

What is an F-stop?

200

This photographic "rule" is used to section an image into nine equal zones.

What is the the rule of thirds?

200

This part of the camera can be changed to allow more or less light through the lens.

What is the aperture?

200

Created the handheld film camera that make photographer available to the public

Who is George Eastman, the founder of Kodak?

200

This chemical makes the visible image on paper and film permanent by dissolving out of the emulsion any undeveloped crystals of silver halide leftover

What is fix/fixer?

200

The film development chemicals, and order of operations.

What is developer, (stop), fix, wash/rinse, photo-flo?

300

This provides a "feeling" to a photo like rough, smooth, wet, sharp, so on

What is texture?

300

In a manual camera, this is used to reset the shutter and prepare the film for the next shot.

What is the film advance level?

300

After World War II, this country dominated the camera world market by copying and improving on earlier designs. 

What is Japan?

300

We utilize this kind of light in the darkroom so that we can print and enlarge photographs onto light-sensitive photographic paper.

What is a safelight/red light?

300

The lowest shutter speed you can probably hand hold a camera before needing a tripod or support.

What is 1/35-1/60 of a second? depending on how steady you are.

400

This type of photo does not represent the real world, generally portrayed through shape, pattern, texture, and color.

What is abstract photography?

400

The part of the camera that informs the user of exposure levels.

What is the light meter?

400

in 1975, Kodak created this device, but it was disregarded as impractical, and would lead to the company going bankrupt years later.

What is the digital camera.

400

This type of print is used to preview the whole roll of film, to better judge what some images may look like.

What is a contact sheet?

400

The size of black and white film's silver halide crystals is a large factor in determining this, about the emulsion. 

the film speed, ISO?

500

This compositional tool uses elements in a photo to draw emphasis to specific subject.

What is framing?

500

The part of the camera where users compose an image and may have camera setting readouts.

What is the viewfinder?

500

Edwin H Land revolutionized film after his three year old daughter asked why she couldn't see the picture he just took. This led Edwin to create the Land Camera the first of this popular camera company.

What is Polaroid?

500

This piece of equipment is basically a reverse camera, where light shines through your negative and then through a lens.

what is an enlarger?

500

changing your aperture from f/2 to f/16 would do this to your image.

Double Jeopardy Bonus Points for choosing the correct shutter speed to compensate for exposure change. starting at 1/1000 

what is increase depth of field? 


Bonus: What it: 1/15, 6 stop increase.

M
e
n
u