Segment 1 Final Exam Study Guide

  1. What do we call the practice and art of creating durable images?
  2. Who created the first known photograph?
  3. What was one of the first commercially used photographic processes?
  4. Early photographers had to work with what in order to produce photographs?
  5. Daguerreotypes used what type of plate to create photographs?
  6. Which early photographer is thought to be the first one to have captured a human in a photograph?
  7. Who created the first known color photograph?
  8. Which of the following creates a photograph?
  9. If you had four objects-a red one, a black one, a blue one, and a white one-which one would reflect more light?
  10. What do you need for digital photography?
  11. What is the first step in transferring photographs from your camera to your computer?
  12. Digital cameras store photographs on what?
  13. The connection between your camera and computer will begin when you do what?
  14. A camera obscura is also called what?
  15. About how long did it take to photograph Daguerre's photograph of the street?
  16. What does SLR stand for in photography?
  17. In an SLR camera, photographers look from the viewfinder through what?
  18. What is true about a point-and-shoot camera?
  19. How many lenses do point-and-shoot cameras usually have?
  20. What lenses cannot be changed to focus on items closer or farther away?
  21. Autofocus lenses use what to determine the correct focus?
  22. The _____ is the size of the opening in the camera that the light passes through.
  23. The _____ is the amount of time that the camera lets light in to create the photograph.
  24. The _____ is the button that you push to take a photograph.
  25. _____ is a waterproof fabric that is placed around your camera.
  26. Camera shock might happen if you do this to your camera?
  27. What would help a photographer keep from dropping a camera?
  28. What are camera problems that dirt can cause?
  29. What can damage a camera?
  30. What piece of equipment can help protect your camera?
  31. What is true of a good photograph?
  32. What is the goal of commercial photographs?
  33. Macro photographs are what type of photographs?
  34. What is the goal of forensic photography?
  35. A sense of scale tells us what about the objects in a picture?
  36. What could you include to give a sense of scale in a photograph of a mountain?
  37. Portraits are photographs of what?
  38. What type of photograph records what happens over a period of time?
  39. What would make a good photography subject?
  40. What is true about photography subjects?
  41. A violin could be photographed for what types of photography?
  42. What type of photography is most likely to be seen on websites and in advertising?
  43. Event photography might be used for what?
  44. If you wanted to photograph what a flower looks like as it blooms, what type of photography would you use?
  45. Which type of photography would you use if you wanted to photograph an insect up close?
  46. In an image, focus is which of the following?
  47. What is one problem with autofocus?
  48. What can you do to help select which part of a photograph is in focus?
  49. The arrangements of elements in a photograph is called.
  50. What is a guideline for placing points of interest in a photograph?
  51. The technique of blocking some parts of a photograph to emphasize (or draw attention to) another part of the same photograph is called.
  52. Why do photographers use framing in a photograph?
  53. Framing can create what in a photograph?
  54. Which orientation is wider than it is tall?
  55. What is an advantage of portrait orientation for portrait photography (photos of people)?
  56. What do you gain when you examine or study the work of famous photographers?
  57. Which photographer is famous for his/her work at YosemiteNational Park?
  58. If you want to change from landscape orientation to portrait orientation, what would you do?
  59. What could be used as a "frame"?
  60. What can you use to help avoid blurry images?
  61. The foreground is located where in a photograph?
  62. What is a way to add a foreground to a photograph?
  63. Wildlife photography often places the subject of the photograph where?
  64. The background of a photograph is located where?
  65. What are common challenges or problems with backgrounds?
  66. The first step in creating photographs with good backgrounds is what?
  67. How can you minimize a bad background? In other words, how can you make less of a bad background show up in the photo?
  68. When taking a portrait of someone, professional photographers may use what to eliminate distracting backgrounds?
  69. What would make the best backdrop?
  70. If you take a picture with a distracting background, what should you do?
  71. If you want to draw attention to your subject, you can use what?
  72. Why is it important to draw attention to the subject?
  73. What is between the foreground and background in an image?
  74. What might be an example of something in the foreground?
  75. What might be an example of something in the background of an image?