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PHOTOGRAPHY I STUDY GUIDE

STUDY NOTES FROM CLASS:

• The year that photography was present to the government of France and England as a serious
invention was 1839.
• The 4 people who are given credit for the “invention” of photography are: Joseph Niepce, Louis
Daguerre, Henry Fox Talbot, and Hippolyte Bayard.
• Dagerreotype - one of a kind, permanent positive image
• Henry Fox Talbot made the first negatives - they were reproducible paper negative prints called
calotypes.
• What affects the exposure of film? Shutter speed and the size of the aperture.
• What is the purpose of agitation? To replenish the developer that is in contact with the film/paper.
• Film has a glossy side (which faces up in the carrier) and emulsion on the other side.
• The purpose of a proof sheet is to look at the exposure, focus, contrast, and composition of the
shots you took.
• Know equivalent exposure combinations. Shutter speed + aperture

SOME TERMINOLOGY:
• Negative carrier
• Enlarger
• Easel
• Depth of field
• F stop/aperture
• Shutter speed
• Exposure
• Emulsion - light sensitive layer of film containing silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin

KNOW AT LEAST 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS:

• Dorothea Lange
• Ansel Adams
• Gary Winogram
• Irving Penn

ESSAY:
Write about a photograph - describe it (include formal elements), make questions about what’s being
described, and have a conclusion.

OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS QUIZ:

1. T/F: The camera obscura means dark room and was used by painters as an aid to understanding
and drawing perspective. True
2. The latent image is: the image on photographic film or paper that can’t be seen before
developing.
3. To insure proper development, photographic film must be handled: in complete darkness.
4. The image developed on a light sensitive piece of paper of film remains sensitive to light until it
is: fixed.
5. T/F: Photographic paper can be handled under safelights before it is properly fixed. True.