Photography Chap 7
What was the term that Victorians used to describe an artist who made work for love of the art rather than financial gain?
amateur
How does making the aperture number larger affect the amount of light that reaches the sensor? How does this affect the size of the lens opening?
higher the number, the smaller the opening. The smaller the number, the wider the opening.
Where on the camera is the aperture physically located? What does it look like?
one that has the f
How did Julia Margaret Cameron first arrive at her soft-focus portraits?
discovered soft focus by accident, "when focusing and coming to something which, to my eye was very beautiful, I stopped . . . instead of screwing the lens to the more definite focus which all other photographers insist upon."
What is the term that is used to describe the numbers on the aperture scale?
f-stop
Does f-8 allow more or less light to reach the sensor than f-5.6? How much more or less?
f8 allows less light to come in, f 5.6 allows twice as much light in.
Does f-11 allow more or less light to reach the sensor than f-16? How much more or less?
Therefore f-8 is twice as much light as f-11. f-16 is half as much light as f-11. f-11 allows more light and twice as much less then f 16.
How does the aperture control the amount of light that reaches the camera's sensor?
As the lens opening gets wider more light reaches the sensor. As it gets smaller, less light reaches the sensor.
In what way does the aperture setting affect the look of a photograph?
Changes the focus of a picture, and also the light.
What was the term that Ansel Adams used to describe his belief that a photographer should know how a scene should appear as a black and white print before a picture was made?
He called this "previsualization" and formulated the Zone System as a scientifically based method of exposing the picture to ensure detail in the shadow areas and developing the negative to control the values of the lighter tones.
What did Ansel Adams believe photography's greatest strength was?
He was opposed to pictorialism, believing that photography's greatest strength is its ability to describe
What were the tenets of "straight photography"?
Straight photography stood in direct opposition to pictorialism. It was rooted in the belief that the photographer should describe the world using the natural tools of photography.
How does the aperture setting affect depth of field?
The smaller the aperture, the more of a picture will be in focus, so the greater the depth of field.
What is the name of the camera mode that allows you to set the aperture while the camera sets the shutter speed? What are the most common abbreviations for this mode?
aperture priority mode A, or AV.
What was the name of the club that Ansel Adams and his friends formed to promote straight photography? Why did they choose this name?
aptly, f64. The members of Group f64 were devoted to what became known as "straight photography".
What qualities did Julia Margaret Cameron seek to infuse in her allegorical studies?
innocence, virtue, wisdom and piety and to this end she often used biblical themes as well as scenes from plays and mythology.
How does making the aperture number smaller affect the amount of light that reaches the sensor? How does this affect the size of the lens opening?
it allows the sensor to absorb more light.
What is meant by the term "depth of field"? What is the meaning of the term "shallow depth of field"? What is the meaning of the term "great depth of field"?
s the opening gets wider, a picture will have less depth of field. As the opening gets smaller, a picture will have a greater depth of field. Shallow depth - out of focus great Depth - in focus.
Terri Weifenbach uses shallow depth of field to create _________________________
uses shallow depth of field to create emotion and feeling
