Photography Week 2-Memory Check

Q1. What two Greek words make up the term ‘photograph’?

1.Phōtos

2.Graphé

Q2. List FOUR genres of photography and explain the genre –

For example: Portraiture - Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_photography)

1.Wildlife-Taking pictures of animals and plants, they can be doing any activity (if it's an animal, of course).

2.Sports-Photography based around shooting images of day to day sport, such as football.

3.Fashion-This kind of photography usually involves a model and a specific item of clothing, the images are usually taken with a seamless white background.

4.Landscape-This kind of photography involves the photographer taking pictures of places like forests and mountains. Some photographers may wait till certain types of day to take their shots as they may want to add in a sunset.

Q3. List two essential items you need to complete your photography course

1.An SD card

2.A camera

Q4. What do we do to make the camera achieve focus?

Ans. Hold down the shutter button half way, this will make the camera focus on whatever is in frame.

Q5. The ‘mode dial’ on our camera has the following four acronyms, what do they stand for and what do they control?

‘A’ = Aperture

‘P’ = Program

‘S’ = Shutter Speed

‘M’ = Manual