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WorksheetsHistory of Photography
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 29mins
The person who took the first permanent camera image is?
Joseph Niepce
Louis Daguerre
Robert Cornelius
George Eastman
What is the name of a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall?
Kodak Brownie
Camera Obscura
Polaroid
Daguerreotype
Who is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented paper-based film?
Edweard Muybridge
George Eastman
Luis Daguerre
James Clerk Maxwell
What style of old photography is like photograms?
wet collodian
camera obscura
calotype
roll film
Thomas Wedgewood’s contribution to early photography experiments were not successful because image faded to black
TRUE
FALSE
How long was the exposure time for the first ever photographic image?
8 seconds
8 minutes
8 hours
8 days
Which of these projects an inverted image through a small hole on the opposite side from that opening.
Photogravure
Heliography
Daguerreotype
Camera Obscura
A pinhole camera is most similar to which?
Brownie
Calotype
Wet Collodian
Camera Obscura
What style of old photography is like photograms?
wet collodian
camera obscura
calotype
roll film
George Eastman's Brownie became more popular than his first camera, what was it named?
the Kodak
The Polaroid
The Lyca
The iPhone
Which of these is NOT something they started using photography for in the 1800s
Art
Documenting
Portraits
Travel Photography
What does the word "photography" literally mean?
"light traces"
"writing with light"
"images in light"
"shadow images"
What was so special about silver salts?
They were used to make camera lenses.
They were discovered to be a photosensitive material, meaning they would change color when exposed to light.
They could be melted down into convincing counterfeit coins.
They are used in digital cameras today as a light meter.
What was so special about the calotype (the photographing process using a negative)?
It allowed photographers to make multiple prints of the same photo.
It produced only one image at a time.
It was a simple one-step process.
It was much easier, quicker and less expensive than the daguerreotype.
George Eastman and his company Kodak changed the photographic process by inventing what?
The camera obscura
The daguerreotype
Rolls of film so photographers could take multiple photos
Lavender oil to "fix" an image, making it permanent
How does a camera obscura work?
Items are placed on top of glass painted with silver salts and put into the sun, taking a temporary "sun picture."
A small light-tight box is filled with film, allowing photographers to take up to 100 pictures at a time.
A shutter opens in the camera, allowing light to hit a sensor and capture an image permanently.
All light is blocked out in a room, except for a small pinhole. Through the pinhole, the image of the outside is projected onto the opposite wall.
Camera Obscura means
Photography
Dark Chamber
Camera in French
In 1826 the first photograph was taken by a Frenchman what was his name?
Joseph Nicephore
Kodak
George
Artello Ra'French
Photography is similar to a box or a projector
True
False
What composition rule is BEST being shown in this photograph?
High Angle Perspective
Rule of Thirds
Symmetrical Balance
What composition rule is BEST being shown in this photograph?
Leading Lines
Contrast
Asymmetrical Balance
Which one is the best example of Fill the Frame Rule?
Which one is the best example of Negative Space Rule?
What Photographic Composition is this photograph?
Leading Lines
Framing
Clear Background
The Line where the sky meets the ground is called the _______?
Straight
Leading Lines
Rule of Thirds
Horizon
Your Photograph should NEVER be ______?
Edited
Rotated
Blurry
Cropped
What type of composition is displayed in this photo?
Change your Point of View
Depth of Field
Rule of Thirds
Fill the Frame
What type of composition is displayed in this photo?
Rule of Thirds
Framing
Simplicity
Patterns and Textures
What type of composition is displayed in this photo?
Leading Lines
Rule of Thirds
Juxtaposition
Fill the Frame
What type of composition is displayed in this photo?
Simplicity
Depth of Field
Left to Right
Balance Elements
What is the primary photo technique of this image?
Depth of Field
Rule of Thirds
Viewpoint
Framing
What is the type of photography used in the photo?
Aerial Photography
Architectural Photography
Landscape Photography
Macro Photography
What is it called when someone does not know they are being photographed?
portraiture
landscape
candid
This is an example of
cropping
zoom
candid
landscape
What kind of image is this?
landscape
portraiture
landscape
What is the primary photo technique of this image?
Rule of Thirds
Background
Depth of Field
Framing
What is the primary photo technique of this image?
Close Up
Symmetry
Framing
Background
What is the "Focal Point" of this photo?
The last pencil in the group.
What your eye is drawn to.
The colored pencils leading up to the green pencil
The shorter pencils.
The first color photo was made in
1861
1852
1811
None of thee above
The first "instant" camera.
Polaroid
Kodak Brownie
Camera Obscura
It's slogan was "you push the button, we'll do the rest".
Polaroid
Kodak Brownie
Camera Obscura
Kodachrome was a very popular
camera
black and white film
colour film
When is our Composition of Photography assessment due?
Today
Tomorrow
12 November 2021
25 December 2021
