History of Photography
The first mass-marketed camera. It made photography accessible to everyone. "You push the button, we do the rest."
What is Kodak Brownie?
Was near the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attacks; published a photo essay for Time magazine entitled “Shattered.”
Who is James Nachtwey?
Known for his/her photos of babies (a self-proclaimed “baby freak”).
Who is Anne Geddes?
Rule of composition in which a natural or man-made object frames another.
What is framing?
How your camera sees certain colors.
What is white balance?
One of the earliest stable forms of photography. Images were burned onto a metal plate to make a photograph.
What is Daguerreotype?
Known as “The Father of Photojournalism.”
Who is Mathew Brady?
Developed his/her own very detailed (and complicated) system to develop his her B&W photography.
Who is Ansel Adams?
___________ _____________ pull viewers into an image, towards the subject, or through the scene.
What are leading lines?
How much light your lens is letting in at once (the size of the opening in the lens).
What is aperture?
The first successful color film. It was manufactured for 74 years. Known for its high contrast, crisp colors.
What is Kodachrome?
Worked for the US Government (the Farm Security Administration) to document those hit hardest by the stock market crash and the Great Depression.
Who is Dorothea Lange?
Has shot photos for the Olympics, Disney, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone.
Who is Annie Liebovitz?
Picturing an imaginary tic-tac-toe board on your image, you place the most important elements along the lines or where the lines intersect.
What is rule of thirds?
How fast the shutter opens and closes.
What is shutter speed?
The “instant camera." No darkroom processing needed--the camera itself did the developing of the photographic image.
What is polaroid?
Known for saying, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.”
Who is Robert Capa?
Known for stark, disturbing photos of “outsiders and freaks.”
Who is Diane Arbus?
When you shoot from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, etc.
What is point of view?
How sensitive the camera is to light.
What is ISO?
A box or room with an opening on one end; light passes through and projects an outside image onto the other end of the box/room.
What is camera obscura?
Known as one of the first “muckrakers” (investigative journalists that publish information to advocate social change).
Who is Jacob Riis?
Known for his/her “Jumpology” photos, where his/her portrait subjects had to jump in their photos.
Who is Philippe Halsman?
When certain elements of a photo repeat.
What is repetition of shapes/patterns?
How much of a photo is in focus.
What is depth of field?