Modern and Postmodern Photography
The early days of photography
Composition and Elements
of Design
How to Use Your Camera
Category
Wild Card
100

A modern photographer who questioned notions of what is “normal” by photographing the fringes of society and portraying those society had written off in a whole new light.

Diane Arbus

100

Photography in Greek is phosgraphein which is these 2 English words combined. 

Light and Writing 

100

This is another term for formal balance.

Symmetry 

100
If a photographer wants to shoot for depth of field, they will most often shoot with this priority setting. 

Aperture 

100

The owner of a photograph is the person who ______ the photograph. 

Takes or Shoots

200

A post-modern photographer who enjoys mixing text over images to create provocative commentary. Sometimes the images she uses aren't even my own. 

Barbara Kruger

200

This is another term for a pin hole camera. 

Camera Obscura

200

This is another term for informal balance

Asymmetry

200

If a photographer wants to capture motion, they will most likely set their camera at this priority setting. 

Shutter Speed

200

To crop a photograph in the editing phase is to remove unnecessary or distracting things known as these.  

Mergers

300

A post modern artist who enjoys dressing up and taking photos of herself. She is most known for creating fictional film stills that address identity and gender roles. 

Cindy Sherman
300
British photography Eadweard Muybridge had a breakthrough in the studies of locomotion when he photographed this animal running. 

Horse

300

This is the main subject or section of a photograph. It's where the eye goes first. 

Focal Point

300

A low ISO is used in this type of lighting. 

Bright.

300

Famous photograph Cony Island by photographer Elliott Erwin includes these 2 subjects. 

A bird and a plane.

400

A modern photographer who was considered a master in the dark room and is best known for his black and white photos of Yellowstone National Park. 

Ansel Adams

400

This type of photograph, created by Niépce, involves a pewter plate coated with a black toxic residue placed inside a pin hole camera and exposed for 8 hours. 

Heliograph

400

This element can be seen between two colours, two textures, two shapes, two lines, and/or two different different types of lighting.  

Contrast

400

When shooting in P mode, one can increase the shutter speed by adjusting this light sensitivity button.  

ISO

400

This compositional rule involves dividing the frame up into thirds both horizontally and vertically, and placing the most important subject(s) on one of the lines of intersection.

Rule of Thirds

500

A modern French Photographer who is known for capturing what he termed the "decisive moment" - a spontaneous moment that captures the essence of life

Henri Cartier-Bresson

500
Late 19th Century photographers captured a moving object by using this new technique. 

Chronophotography

500

The photographer wants to shoot from many different _____________ to create interest and variety. 

Viewpoints or Angles

500
The exposure triangle includes these three main functions of your camera. 

Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO

500

To completely avoid camera shake, this is the ratio of focal length to shutter speed. 

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