Parts of a camera
When you want to take a picture, this is the button you press down all the way. Click!
What is the shutter button?
What year was the first photo taken: 1820,1826, or 1901?
What is 1826?
The part of the camera you look through to see your shot.
What is the viewfinder?
Photos that focus very close on small details
What is macro photography?
The first photo ever taken took how long to expose: 8 seconds, 8 minutes, or 8 hours?
What is 8 hours?
If your camera ever runs out of power, you can open this special door and put in a fresh battery.
What is the battery compartment?
The first digital camera had a weight of: 2 pounds, 5 pounds, or 8 pounds
What is 8 pounds?
The large, circular dial on the top of the camera. It has letters and symbols on it, often used to switch modes.
What is the mode dial?
This style makes use of natural wide outdoor views—often used for travel photos.
What is landscape photography?
What year was the first camera invented: 1816, 1901, or 1955?
What is 1816?
The part of the camera used to navigate menus, change settings, and review the photos and videos you've just taken
What is the LCD Screen?
This very famous camera company used to sell a camera called the "Brownie" for only $1
What is Kodak?
This part controls how long light hits the sensor or film.
What is the shutter speed?
A photo that focuses on capturing people in everyday life.
What is street photography?
The first cameras used this material instead of a digital sensor.
What is film?
A photographer can use this screw-hole on the bottom of the camera to connect it to a stand for a steady shot
What is the tripod mount?
This is the year of the very first colored picture: 1861, 1901, 1971
What is 1861?
Used if you want to switch out a lens, you'll need to press this...
What is the lens release button?
This type of photography is made in the dark using long exposure.
What is light photography?
This is the most photographed landmark in the world.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This part of the camera is the "door" that opens and closes inside the lens, and the amount of time it stays open is called the shutter speed
What is the shutter?
This item was the subject for the first colored photograph. (*It's not alive....you can find it in a fabric shop)
What is a ribbon?
This part of the camera is a special door on the side or bottom that you open to put in your memory card.
What is the memory/SD card slot?
Often used to showcase negative space in a photo.
The word “photo” comes from the Greek word “phos,” which means this.
What is light?