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History of Photography

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the significance of this image?
a)
First Photograph
b)
Calotype
c)
Wet Plate 
d)
Surreal 
2.

The person who took the first permanent camera image is?

a)

Joseph Niepce

b)

Louis Daguerre

c)

Robert Cornelius

d)

George Eastman

3.

What is the name of a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall?

a)

Kodak Brownie

b)

Camera Obscura

c)

Polaroid

d)

Daguerreotype

4.

Who is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented paper-based film?

a)

Edweard Muybridge

b)

George Eastman

c)

Luis Daguerre

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

5.

What style of old photography is like photograms?

a)

wet collodian

b)

camera obscura

c)

calotype

d)

roll film

6.
Why was Louis Daguerre important to Joseph Nicephore Niepce's work?
a)
He took the world's first selfie.
b)
He figured out how to keep the images from fading away.
c)
He gave Niepce a lot of money.
d)
He developed the first ever color film.
7.

Thomas Wedgewood’s contribution to early photography experiments were not successful because image faded to black

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.
Photography comes from 2 words meaning?
a)
picture/drawing
b)
light/drawing
c)
drawing/color
9.
What was the first mass produced camera? (year: 1900)
a)
Polaroid
b)
Kodak Brownie
c)
Camera Obscura
d)
Daguerreotype
10.

How long was the exposure time for the first ever photographic image?

a)

8 seconds

b)

8 minutes

c)

8 hours

d)

8 days

11.

Which of these projects an inverted image through a small hole on the opposite side from that opening.

a)

Photogravure

b)

Heliography

c)

Daguerreotype

d)

Camera Obscura

12.

A pinhole camera is most similar to which?

a)

Brownie

b)

Calotype

c)

Wet Collodian

d)

Camera Obscura

13.

What style of old photography is like photograms?

a)

wet collodian

b)

camera obscura

c)

calotype

d)

roll film

14.

George Eastman's Brownie became more popular than his first camera, what was it named?

a)

the Kodak

b)

The Polaroid

c)

The Lyca

d)

The iPhone

15.

Which of these is NOT something they started using photography for in the 1800s

a)

Art

b)

Documenting

c)

Portraits

d)

Travel Photography

16.

What does the word "photography" literally mean?

a)

"light traces"

b)

"writing with light"

c)

"images in light"

d)

"shadow images"

17.

What was so special about silver salts?

a)

They were used to make camera lenses.

b)

They were discovered to be a photosensitive material, meaning they would change color when exposed to light.

c)

They could be melted down into convincing counterfeit coins.

d)

They are used in digital cameras today as a light meter.

18.

What was so special about the calotype (the photographing process using a negative)?

a)

It allowed photographers to make multiple prints of the same photo.

b)

It produced only one image at a time.

c)

It was a simple one-step process.

d)

It was much easier, quicker and less expensive than the daguerreotype.

19.

George Eastman and his company Kodak changed the photographic process by inventing what?

a)

The camera obscura

b)

The daguerreotype

c)

Rolls of film so photographers could take multiple photos

d)

Lavender oil to "fix" an image, making it permanent

20.

How does a camera obscura work?

a)

Items are placed on top of glass painted with silver salts and put into the sun, taking a temporary "sun picture."

b)

A small light-tight box is filled with film, allowing photographers to take up to 100 pictures at a time.

c)

A shutter opens in the camera, allowing light to hit a sensor and capture an image permanently.

d)

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.

21.

Camera Obscura means

a)

Photography

b)

Dark Chamber

c)

Camera in French

22.

In 1826 the first photograph was taken by a Frenchman what was his name?

a)

Joseph Nicephore

b)

Kodak

c)

George

d)

Artello Ra'French

23.

Photography is similar to a box or a projector

a)

True

b)

False

24.
Which of the following apply to the rule of thirds?
a)
Place objects directly in the center of the frame
b)
Place objects where the grid lines intersect
c)
Place horizon lines on the grid lines
d)
Make sure there is something interesting in every frame
25.
This photo is an example of...
a)
Backlighting
b)
Framing
c)
Macro
d)
Rule of thirds
26.
This photo is an example of...
a)
backlighting
b)
Macro
c)
Rule of thirds
d)
Framing
27.

What composition rule is BEST being shown in this photograph?

a)

High Angle Perspective

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Symmetrical Balance

28.

What composition rule is BEST being shown in this photograph?

a)

Leading Lines

b)

Contrast

c)

Asymmetrical Balance

29.

Which one is the best example of Fill the Frame Rule?

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Which one is the best example of Negative Space Rule?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

What Photographic Composition is this photograph?

a)

Leading Lines

b)

Framing

c)

Clear Background

32.

The Line where the sky meets the ground is called the _______?

a)

Straight

b)

Leading Lines

c)

Rule of Thirds

d)

Horizon

33.

Your Photograph should NEVER be ______?

a)

Edited

b)

Rotated

c)

Blurry

d)

Cropped

34.

What type of composition is displayed in this photo?

a)

Change your Point of View

b)

Depth of Field

c)

Rule of Thirds

d)

Fill the Frame

35.

What type of composition is displayed in this photo?

a)

Rule of Thirds

b)

Framing

c)

Simplicity

d)

Patterns and Textures

36.

What type of composition is displayed in this photo?

a)

Leading Lines

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Fill the Frame

37.

What type of composition is displayed in this photo?

a)

Simplicity

b)

Depth of Field

c)

Left to Right

d)

Balance Elements

38.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Depth of Field

b)

Rule of Thirds

c)

Viewpoint

d)

Framing

39.

What is the type of photography used in the photo?

a)

Aerial Photography

b)

Architectural Photography

c)

Landscape Photography

d)

Macro Photography

40.

What is it called when someone does not know they are being photographed?

a)

portraiture

b)

landscape

c)

candid

41.

This is an example of

a)

cropping

b)

zoom

c)

candid

d)

landscape

42.

What kind of image is this?

a)

landscape

b)

portraiture

c)

landscape

43.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Rule of Thirds

b)

Background

c)

Depth of Field

d)

Framing

44.

What is the primary photo technique of this image?

a)

Close Up

b)

Symmetry

c)

Framing

d)

Background

45.

What is the "Focal Point" of this photo?

a)

The last pencil in the group.

b)

What your eye is drawn to.

c)

The colored pencils leading up to the green pencil

d)

The shorter pencils.

46.

The first color photo was made in

a)

1861

b)

1852

c)

1811

d)

None of thee above

47.

The first "instant" camera.

a)

Polaroid

b)

Kodak Brownie

c)

Camera Obscura

48.

It's slogan was "you push the button, we'll do the rest".

a)

Polaroid

b)

Kodak Brownie

c)

Camera Obscura

49.

Kodachrome was a very popular

a)

camera

b)

black and white film

c)

colour film

50.

When is our Composition of Photography assessment due?

a)

Today

b)

Tomorrow

c)

12 November 2021

d)

25 December 2021