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Photography Trivia
Photography Vocabulary
Postmodern Perplexities
Camera & Film Techniques
History of Photography
100

What object received more than 54 million likes on Instagram in 2015?

An egg

100
Amount of light per unit of area
What is exposure
100

Spell the style of art we are currently in write now

Contemporary

100

The time for which a shutter is opening at a given setting

What is shutter speed?

100

The optical device that led to the first camera...known as the camera ______________

Obscura

200

The word "photography" comes from the Greek, meaning to _______ with light

draw

200

to describe the arrangement of imagery in a photograph

composition

200

What as the principle belief of Postmodernism?

That nothing is original, it has been done before

200

It is the smallest complete unit of information in a digital image.

What is a pixel?
200

What units are pixels measured in?

DPI or PPI - dots per OR pixels per inch

300

English photographer Eadweard Muybridge produced the first photo on movement in 1878 which subsequently set the stage for the first motion pictures. What was he photographing in movement?

A horse running

300

O.T.S. stands for?

Over The Shoulder - a film technique

300

Explain why photography was not considered an art form originally?

It was a scientific discovery, and not deemed worthy as fine arts
300
In film, if the camera angle is titled it is known as...

Dutch Angle

300

To the nearest 15 years, when was the camera invented? 

1826 (between 1816 - 1841)

400

What is the most watched film of all time?

Titanic, 1997

400

If a photograph appears all in focus, from the foreground to background, what depth of field is this known as?

deeper depth of field

400

Claiming an artwork is humorous, can be classified as two distinct types of humour...What are they?

Irony and satire

400
Affects the image’s exposure by changing the diameter of the lens opening, which controls the amount of light reaching the image sensor
What is aperture?
400

In what country was the modern day camera invented?

France

500

Joseph Niepce’s ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’ is the oldest surviving camera photograph in history. Niepce captured it using a camera with ____hours of exposure.

8

500

I.S.O. controls light senstivity in a camera. What does it stand for though.... 


International Standarisation Organisation

500
List 5 postmodern strategies

- Appropriation

- Recontextualisation

- Challenging Ideas

- Parody 

- Satire & Irony

- Unconventional Media

- Use of text 

- Multisensory experiences

- Transcending the Gallery Space

500

What specific f-stop is typical in photography to create a balanced photograph?

f-8

500

What sweet treat also shares the name with the first compact snapshot camera, invented in 1900?

The Brownie