Photography Basics

_________________________ has been used since the second half of the 16th century and became popular as an aid for drawing and painting. This technique would project an image onto a wall or surface through a small hole.

• cyanotype

• photography

• camera obscura

• aperture

Draw a picture illustrating the use of the thirds in a photograph.

The way in which the elements are arranged and fit together in a photograph or any piece of art.

The part of a camera that opens and shuts to allow light in, thus recording a picture on film or a sensor. The photographer controls the speed at which this opens.

• aperture

• manual

• shutter

• lens

Following a moving object while the background of the photo becomes a motion blur.

• panning

• fast shutter

• shutter

• aperture

The opening in which light enters the camera.

• shutter

• shutter release button

• macro

• aperture

Any sort of motion blur happens because of:

• A slow shutter

• A fast shutter

• Bright lights

• A bad camera

• slow shutter

• depth of field

• aperture

• framing

In order to use a longer shutter there are some variables that need to be in place. One of them is a __________________.

• slow shutter

• low light setting

• natural light

• framing

Draw an example of a photograph taken with an aerial view.