Photography Terms

Abstract or Representational photographs: Which style shows only formal elements such as line or shape?

• Abstract

• Representational

What is direct approach photography?

• Only photographing with camera on a tripod.

• Showing a scene in a straight-forward manner, without using unusual angles or distortion. The photo is without cropping, or adjustments to the levels.

• Using Photoshop to crop adjust levels, add color and pattern.

Documentary photography is: (check all that apply)

• Used to record a place.

• Used to record a person.

• Used only to show a document.

• Used to record an event.

An objective photograph is: (check all that apply.)

• Free from personal bias.

• Tells a personal story.

• Considerate of all available information with equal regard and fairness.

An expressive photograph is concerned with communicating ___________________.

An organic shape is:

• A shape that are natural such as a cloud, apple, tree, or a leaf.

• A shapes that are man made such as a cube, rectangle, or triangle.

A geometric shape is:

• Shapes based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves, etc.

• Simple rectilinear or curvilinear shapes such as circles, squares, triangles.

A photograph that shows the natural environment which has foreground, midground and background is a _____________________________.

Which of the following terms are considered elements of photography meaning they are essential to a strong photograph. (Check all that apply).

• Focus, lighting and line.

• Shape and value

• Distance and time

• Repetition and texture.

This term refers to the place from which a photographer takes a photograph. This is known as the _____________ point.