Exam Flashcards
Brightness/Contrast
It makes the photo brighter and it increases or decreases the contrast on the photo.
Magic Wand Tool
It touches up the spots that aren’t supposed to be in the photo.
Crop Tool
It takes away parts of the photo that you crop out.
Magnetic Lasso Tool
It links up to the part of the picture that you select.
Photo Filter
It puts a filter over the original image to make it look different.
Sharpen Tool
It sharpens the photo to make it look crisp and clearer.
Blur Tool
It makes the photo more blurry and unclear.
Quick Selection Tool
It selects a portion of the photo when you click on it or near it.
Rectangular Marquee Tool
It makes a selection in the shape of a rectangle.
Spot Healing Brush Tool
It removes marks and blemishes within the photo.
Clone Stamp Tool
It paints with pixels from another part of the image.
Move Tool
It makes a selection or a layer on the image.
What camera setting do you adjust to set your depth of field?
You adjust the aperature on the photo.
What is Maximum Depth of Field
It is where the majority of the photograph is in focus and is clear.
Shallow Depth of Field.
It is where your main subject is in focus and clear, while the background is blurry and out of focus.
What is it called when a photographer uses the grid template when taking a picture?
The Rule of Thirds
Where is it suggested that you place your main subject matter when using the grid?
It is suggested that you put the main subject matter in either one of the points where the lines intersect or placing vertical or horizontal subjects on the vertical or horizontal lines on the grid.
What are the 7 elements of art?
- Line
- Shape
- Space
- Value
- Form
- Texture
- Color
Birds Eye of View
It makes your subject matter seem more diminutive. You take the photo above looking down.
Worms Eye View
It makes your subject matter seem more powerful. You take the photo from below looking up.
Lead in Lines
They are naturally occurring linear elements in a scene that can be positioned to lead from the edge of the frame in towards the main area of interest/subject matter. It works because they draw the viewer into the picture, directing attention onto elements or subjects within.
Foreground Interest
It is having a strong element in the foreground of your picture that acts as a stepping stone to lead the viewer into the picture where there is also a strong element in the background to balance the composition.
Natural Frames
Composing an image so that one element of the composition surrounds the edges of the viewfinder frame to help concentrate attention on the main subject.
Deadpan
Where your subject matter is in the very center of the photo and the photograph is taken straight on.
List all the different types of lines.
Straight, Curvy, Zig Zag, Wavy, Diagonal, Vertical, Horizontal, Parallel, Perpendicular, Long, Short, Thick, Thin, Dashed, and Spiral.
What is a color cast? How do you use it in Photoshop?
It is a filter that you put over the photo. You go to the side and fix it in photoshop.
What are the 3 primary colors?
- Red
- Yellow
- Blue
What are the 3 secondary colors?
- Orange
- Green
- Purple
What are the six tertiary colors?
- Yellow Orange
- Red Orange
- Red Violet
- Blue Purple
- Blue Green
- Yellow Green
What are the 3 pairs of complementary colors?
- Red and Green
- Yellow and Purple
- Orange and Blue
What are the 4 neutral colors?
- Black
- Brown
- White
- Grey
What are analogous colors? Give an example?
They are shades of colors between the primary colors. Yellow Orangish
February 19, 1945 Joe Rosenthal captured an iconic image documenting 5 Marines and a Navy corpsman putting up a flag atop Mount Suribachi. What was the title of this image? Was this the first or second flag raised that day? Why was the first flag taken down?
The title was “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”. It was the 2nd flag raised that day. The first was taken down because James Forrestal wanted it as a souvenir.
The Eastman Kodak Company has had a big influence on a photography. With this invention they were able to bring the technology of photography essentially to everyone, making it easy to use and affordable to the working class; what was this invention and what was their slogan?
The Brownie camera was made so that everyone was able to afford it. Their slogan was “You press the button, we do he rest.”
Doretha Lange is known as one of the most influential photographers in history. What was the title of the iconic photograph she is known for taking?
The photo was called “Migrant Mother”. The photo portrays Florence Owens Thompson who was sitting outside with her kids.
What organization was Dorothea Lange hired for to take photos? Why was the organization created/ what was their purpose.
She was hired for the Farm Security Administration. They hired people to photograph the rural hardships during the Great Depression.
List the name of the photographer you researched for your Artist Research Project and describe their work.
I researched Annie Leibovitz. She was known for photographing famous people (Rolling Stones). She was well known for her portraits
