Parts of the Camera
Digital Photo History
Terminology
Know Your Gear
Photo Potpourri
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This device, measured in f-stops, helps control how much light enters the camera.
What is the aperture?
100
He invented photography in 1826.
Who is Joseph Niepce?
100
It's the art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.
What is photography?
100
Cheaper and light-weight, these types of digital cameras are built for average users.
What are Point-and-Shoot Cameras?
100
A famous 1989 photo of this unknown hero was taken by Stuart Franklin.
Who is Tank Man?
200
Depending on its speed, this device can either let in a little or a large amount of light.
What is the shutter?
200
This small, easy-to-use camera, made photography popular among average citizens beginning in 1900.
What is the Brownie?
200
Known as RGB, it's the three colors that make up all electronic images.
What are Red, Green, and Blue?
200
This term means "million", and is often used when describing how many pixels a digital camera produces.
What is mega?
200
It's the process by which a film camera produces an image on film.
What is a chemical reaction?
300
Located on the very front of the camera, it's what you point at your subject.
What is the lens?
300
In 2004, this famous photo company quit making film cameras due to the popularity of digital photography.
What is Kodak?
300
It's the smallest, most basic part of a digital image.
What is a pixel?
300
These types of cameras include full manual settings, interchangeable lens, and have no shutter lag time. They're built for professionals.
What are SLR cameras?
300
This three-legged device allows for a photographer to mount their camera to get a more steady shot.
What is a tripod?
400
When needed, this device will emit a quick burst of light when taking a picture.
What is the flash?
400
This software, invented in 1990 by Adobe, is the most popular and widely-used digital imaging program.
What is Photoshop?
400
It's the amount of light that reaches the image sensor.
What is exposure?
400
The features, found on Point-and-Shoot cameras, allow the user to adjust for different shooting scenarios.
What are "Dummy Settings"?
400
These tiny devices found in digital cameras replaced film as a means of capturing an image and recording it.
What is an image sensor?
500
It's what the photographer pushes in order to take a picture.
What is the shutter button?
500
This government agency paved the way for digital photography by inventing digital imaging in the 1960s.
What is NASA?
500
A feature on digital cameras that allows the user to adjust how sensitive to light the image sensor is. Too much, and your image will look grainy.
What is the ISO setting?
500
It's the most common file format used in digital photography.
What is .JPG?
500
He used photography as a means of showing the true beauty of the environment. Because of his work, the National Park system was born.
Who is Ansel Adams?
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