Thursday, December 13, 2012

Quiz: Seeing the light

Photography
1. Chiaroscuro: a) painter's rich coloration b) deep light and dark areas in an image c) dramatic portraiture d) side lighted image.
2. Developed an early form of photo on paper that he termed the
Callotype. a) Louis Daguerre b) William Henry Fox Talbot c)
Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
3. Earliest of French pioneers in photography. a) Louis Daguerre b)
William Henry Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
4. British pioneer in photography. a) Louis Daguerre b) William Henry
Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
5. US Civil war photographer Matthew Brady used the type of
metal-plate photo developed by this French inventor. a) Louis Daguerre
b) William Henry Fox Talbot c) Nicephore Niepce d) Auguste Lumiere.
11. Camera obscura: the word "obscura" refers to a) dark b) pin hole aperture c) using natural light d) a historic item.
12. Rembrandt lighting begins with side lighting but locates the light
source ahead of and slightly __ the subject. a) above b) below c)
behind d) aside.
13. Photography has its roots in a pre-film device called a __ __ . Literally, the term means "room," "dark." Visual artists used the tool for centuries before it was used in photography.
14. Literally, "writing" with "light:" __ .

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