History of Photo
Philosopher who observed principles of camera obscura
Aristotle
aperture
Latin origin for camera meaning "dark room"
camera obscura
Path of moving point across a surfact
line
Robert Capa
First mass-marketed point and shoot camera
the Kodak Brownie
shutter
Degree of difference between light and dark
contrast
Relative lightness or darkness of tone
value
Henri Cartier Bresson
Year the first practical photograph was made
1839
Allows photographer to adjust lens by hand for focus
Manual focus
Compositional guideline using a nine-part grid
rule of thirds
Equal distribution of visual weight
Credited with creating the environmental portrait
Arnold Newman
First US President to be photographed
John Quincy Adams
Controls file resolution and compression on digital camera
Image quality setting
Length of focus within the space of a photo
Reuse of similar visual elements, often in a pattern
Photographed plants because she was a young mother and needed close-by subjects
Imogen Cunningham
Country that took first photographs from the moon's surface
Soviet Union
Relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
Exposure triangle
exposure
A 3-D enclosed object with volume
form
Photographed low-light images of musicians in motion
Roy DeCarava