Composition Basics
Cutting out parts of a photo to improve the image
What is cropping?
Lines in an image that naturally guide the viewer’s attention
What are leading lines
A camera with interchangeable lenses and a mirror system
What is a DSLR?
The inventor of the first permanent photograph
Who was Nicéphore Niépce?
The process that created detailed images on metal plates
What is the daguerreotype?
The way elements are arranged in a photograph
Placing the subject off-center to create a more interesting image
What is the Rule of Thirds
A camera mode commonly used for photographing people with soft backgrounds
What is Portrait Mode
A dark box that projects an image through a small hole
What is a camera obscura?
The photographic process that produced a negative image used to make multiple prints
What is the calotype?
Use of the environment or objects placed around a subject to draw attention inward
What is framing
The sense of distance created by foreground, middle ground, and background
What is depth
A mode used to capture fast-moving subjects
What is sports mode?
The photographer who studied motion using a running horse
Who was Eadweard Muybridge?
Early photographs made on thin sheets of metal, often used for portraits
What are tintypes?
The main subject your eye is drawn to first
What is focal point or emphasis
Placing a subject high or low in the frame to change how it feels
What is perspective
The opening in the lens that controls how much light enters the camera
What is aperature
The year the first digital camera was invented
1975
Why didn’t people smile in early photographs?
Early photographs took so long to capture that holding a smile was difficult
A grid divided into nine equal boxes used to place subjects
What is the rule of thirds grid?
Using differences in light, dark, and texture to make subjects stand out
What is contrast?
The numbers used to describe the size of the aperture opening
What is F - Stop
The founder of Kodak and inventor of paper film
Who was George Eastman?
An early Kodak camera that had to be sent back to the company to get the pictures developed
What was the Kodak No. 1 camera?