Art WW1 - Photography

This captures a still moment in time. It is an art form that communicates through pictures.

True or false: Photography is the art of creating and recording light.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Photography came from the greek words "phōtos" and "graphos" which mean:

• "picture" and "graph"

• "light" and "drawing"

• "smile" and "picture"

• "art" and "paper"

What are the two types of photography? (write down the two without 'and')

It is a chemical process that uses film as its recording medium.

• Traditional Photography

• Digital Photography

It refers to photography techniques and styles that rely on film, darkroom processing, and classic camera techniques.

• Traditional Photography

• Digital Photography

It is an electronic process that uses digital equipment and new technologies.

• Traditional Photography

• Digital Photography

Identify the traditional photography technique being described:

This uses any dark room with a small hole on the outside. The light coming from the outside of the room projects an inverted image of an object from the outside.

• Camera obscura

• Daguerreotype Photography

• Film cameras

Identify the traditional photography technique being described:

• One of the earliest photographic processes using a silver-plated copper sheet.

• Camera obscura

• Daguerreotype Photography

• Film cameras

Identify the traditional photography technique being described:

• Cameras that capture images on photographic film rather than digital sensors. They use light-sensitive film that must be developed through a chemical process to produce photographs.

• Camera obscura

• Daguerreotype Photography

• Film cameras