techniques
famous photographers
history of photography
camera brands
rules of composition
100

a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open.

rule of thirds

100

He was a French humanist photographer and known as the master of candid photography.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

100

what does the word "photography" come from?

the Greek

100

pictures develop quickly and is famous for its white border on photographs.

Polaroid

100

used to draw the viewer’s eyes deeper into the image. It remains one of the sure-fire ways to capture attention-grabbing images, allowing the eyes to follow a line and wander into the image.

leading lines

200

the visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D) and the distance of an object.

depth perception or sense of depth

200

An American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black and white photographs of the American West.

Ansel Adams

200

who took he first photograph?

 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

200

waterproof, small, durable, and known as "action" cameras 

GoPro

200

Placing the most important aspect of the image on one of the intersecting points makes the image more appealing to the human eye.

rule of thirds

300


The "normal" range of camera

ISO

300

His most famous photograph is of the "Afghan Girl" taken in a refugee camp.

Steve McCurry

300

popular subject of photography in the 1800s

corpses 

300

better high ISO performance, durable and Canon's competition.

Nikon

300

allows an editor to put content and tag line. However, that is just the commercial attribution. Certainly the use of this rule is more to do with compositional value

negative space

400

a photographic or optical filter that polarizes the light passing through it, used chiefly for reducing reflections and improving contrast

polarizing filter

400

An American documentary photographer who took photos during the Great Depression.

Dorothea Lange

400

the most expensive camera ever sold

Leica 0-Series camera, a 1923 prototype for the ground-breaking Leica A

400

a selection of powerful full frame mirrorless digital cameras

Sony

400

line that runs from the left side of the frame to the right.

horizontal line

500

explains the relationship between shutter speed, ISO and aperture.

exposure triangle

500

Does fine photographic portraits and is most well known for her work with Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone magazine.

Annie Leibovitz

500

who invented the first digital camera and when?

Steve Sasson, 1975

500

versatile, better autofocus and very popular.

Canon

500

closely related to beauty, and it is the exact correspondence of form on the opposites sides of a dividing line.

symmetry and patterns

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