Photography Trivia
What object received more than 54 million likes on Instagram in 2015?
An egg
Spell the style of art we are currently in write now
Contemporary
The time for which a shutter is opening at a given setting
What is shutter speed?
The optical device that led to the first camera...known as the camera ______________
Obscura
The word "photography" comes from the Greek, meaning to _______ with light
draw
to describe the arrangement of imagery in a photograph
composition
What as the principle belief of Postmodernism?
That nothing is original, it has been done before
It is the smallest complete unit of information in a digital image.
What units are pixels measured in?
DPI or PPI - dots per OR pixels per inch
English photographer Eadweard Muybridge produced the first photo on movement in 1878 which subsequently set the stage for the first motion pictures. What was he photographing in movement?
A horse running
O.T.S. stands for?
Over The Shoulder - a film technique
Explain why photography was not considered an art form originally?
Dutch Angle
To the nearest 15 years, when was the camera invented?
1826 (between 1816 - 1841)
What is the most watched film of all time?
Titanic, 1997
If a photograph appears all in focus, from the foreground to background, what depth of field is this known as?
deeper depth of field
Claiming an artwork is humorous, can be classified as two distinct types of humour...What are they?
Irony and satire
In what country was the modern day camera invented?
France
Joseph Niepce’s ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’ is the oldest surviving camera photograph in history. Niepce captured it using a camera with ____hours of exposure.
8
I.S.O. controls light senstivity in a camera. What does it stand for though....
International Standarisation Organisation
- Appropriation
- Recontextualisation
- Challenging Ideas
- Parody
- Satire & Irony
- Unconventional Media
- Use of text
- Multisensory experiences
- Transcending the Gallery Space
What specific f-stop is typical in photography to create a balanced photograph?
f-8
What sweet treat also shares the name with the first compact snapshot camera, invented in 1900?
The Brownie