Aperture
Parts of the Camera
Elements of Art and Principles of Design
Famous Portrait Artists
Compostion
100

This setting controls how much light enters the camera through the lens.

What is Aperture?

100

This is the part of the camera that opens and closes to let light in.

What is the shutter?

100

This is the Element of Art that shows how something looks like it would feel.

What is Texture?

100

This Artist used his camera as a tool for social change. He focused specifically on poverty and the plight of African Americans.

Who is Gordon Parks?

100

When a work of art has something leading viewers through the artwork or to something in the artwork.

What is Leading Lines?

200

This is where the Aperture is located on a camera.

What is on the lens?

200

The opening in the camera that allows the photographer to see what is being photographed.

What is the view finder?

200

This is the Element of Art that shows the hues of a work of art.

What is Color?

200

This Artist was one of the earliest known portrait photographers and focused on capturing the faces of people from the American West, especially Native Americans

Who is Edward S. Curtis?

200

This is the compositional technique that ignores all the rules.

What is Experimentation?

300

This is the increments in which Aperture is measured.

What is an F/Stop?

300

This is the camera part that allows you to change the mode the camera is taking pictures in.

What is the Mode Dial?

300

This is the Element of Art that depicts 3D in a work of art.

What is Form?

300

This Artist was a pioneer for photojournalistic style photography in part for their work documenting the Great Depression.

Who is Dorothea Lange

300

This Compositional Technique is most often associated with Landscape.

What is Depth and Overlapping?

400

This is the term referring to having all of a photo in focus, both near to and far from the camera.

What is a Deep Depth of Field?

400

This setting allows you to take multiple pictures in sequence.

What is continous shooting?

400

This is the Principle of Design that shows two things distincltly different from one another.

What is Contrast?

400

This Artist predominantly took portraits of marginalized and socially deviant people in the mid 19th century.

Who is Diane Arbus?

400

This is the Compositional Technique that uses outside elements to isolate the subject.

What is Framing?

500

This is the measured range for shallow or low aperture.

What is F/5.6 and lower?

500

This is the camera part that lets you change the Aperture in Av, the Shutter Speed in TV, and both in M.

What is the Settings Dial?

500

This is the Principle of Design that has a lot of repetition.

What is Pattern?

500

This Artist took the famous photo of Sharbat Gula otherwise known as the “Afghan Girl” for the cover of National Geographic.

Who is Steve McCurry?

500

A Composition Technique where elements are arranged to achieve an equal distribution of visual weight throughout the frame, creating a sense of stability and harmony.

What is Balance?