This word is a comination of two Greek words meaning light and writing.
What is photography?
100
This individual is credited for creating the first photograph. This photograph had an exposure time of 8 hours.
Who is Joseph Niepce?
100
This artist is know for his "pure" works with nature. His work affected him so greatly her went on to become a nature conservationist.
Who is Ansel Adams?
100
The optical piece is curved (convex) and focuses the image in a camera.
What is a lens?
100
This is the compressed file format that is commonly used for images.
What is a JPEG?
200
This term, when translated means dark room.
What is camera obscura?
200
This artist worked with Josph Niepce, and is credited for permanently "fixing" a photograph. He shortened the exposure time from 8 hours to 30 minutes.
Who is Louis Daguerre?
200
This man, who's photographs mainly focused on life and form, is well known for his work with peppers and the human body.
Who is Edward Weston?
200
This is the opening that increases or decreases and determines the amount of light passing through the lens.
What is aperture?
200
This type of zoom is a computer trick that enlarges an image but does not retain a high quality image.
What is Digital Zoom?
300
The total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor). This is measured in time.
What is Exposure?
300
This mans photographic studies with animals and movement led him to become one of earliest pioneers of motion photography.
Who is Eadweard Muybridge?
300
This woman received a camera for her 48th birthday from her daughter. She is well know for her portraits and "soft focus".
Who is Julia Margaret-Cameron?
300
This part on the camera opens and closes to control the time of photographic exposure.
What is the shutter?
300
This is a type of zoom is known as a "true" zoom that will improve the quality of your pictures. This type of zoom actually changes the focal length of your lens.
What is Optical Zoom?
400
This camera name has been shortened to SLR.
What is Single-Lens Reflex?
400
This man invented flexible film which allowed multiple images to be produced on light sensitive paper.
Who is George Eastman?
400
This man is credited as the father of photojournalism and is well know for his ground-breaking photographs of the Civil War.
Who is Matthew Brady?
400
This piece is coated with light sensitive grains on a plastic sheet and is used to record images?
What is film?
400
These are areas in a Charged Coupled Device (CCD) that are sensitive to light.
What are Photosites?
500
This is the amount of detail that a digital camera can capture. (Quality)
What is the resolution?
500
This man is known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park", who created a device that allowed a single camera to record succussive images.
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
This woman is known for her beautifully composed and lit photographs of storefronts and architecture in New York City in the 1930s.
Who is Berenice Abbott?
500
This function on the camera enables close up, sharply focused and detailed images.