Critique
The main object in your photos is called the
subject, or subject matter
Which chemical NEVER gets poured down the drain?
What is Fixer
part of camera in which a piece of glass is used to focus light and create images
what is the camera lens
The single most important tool in the darkroom to print your film negatives.
What is the enlarger
What is my son's first name?
What is Henry
To avoid a distracting background your can do 2 things:
1. blur out the background
2. Take picture from a different angle
Which chemical is the only one that is from a different bottle when you process film or photo
What is film developer and photo developer
What is the film advance arm
Blocks light and creates nice crisp edges on your print
What is the masking frame
stuff you drip into fix to see if it is exhausted
photo fix
To have a good difference between the blacks and whites in our photos
Contrast
Which chemical stops the developer from over processing your print?
What is Stop Bath
you look through to find what subjects you are taking a picture of
what is the viewfinder
Tool used to help you know if your photo is in focus
What is a Loupe
turn down the aperature
decrease time on the timer
Less time in the developer
What is a view finder
Name the trays in the correct order you soak your print in when developing a photo?
What is:
photo developer, stop bath, fixer, wash
Explain the steps to getting your film back into the film cartridge after you have all pictures have been taken and it is time to develop. [if your camera is not automatic]?
1. press the button on the bottom of camera to release the film
2. lift up rewind crank and rewind the film
3. open back door of camera
4. your film should be rewound back into the cartridge and safe to have out in the light
The biggest problem photos go wrong
light in the darkroom
Explain the two steps process involved when turning your photo to a brown tint.
1. Bleaching your photo
2. soaking photo in brown/bronze tint to get a more old time feel effect
Placing your object out of the center of a photo
What is the rule of thirds
How long should your photo be in the fix for?
What is 2 minutes
you know you properly inserted the film into you camera if
your film advances to the next number on your film roll
How do you know if the your film is correctly inserted into the reel?
No edges of film touch so that chemicals can wash evenly over the entire film roll
Explain the visceral meaning of photograph shown
you get a cozy sense from inside the drapery, verses a sad and dreary feeling from outside the window. A here vs there sense from looking out the window.