Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Photography Quiz

1. Sir John Hershel first used the term photography in?
Unaware that the term photography had already been coined by Hercules Florence in 1834, Herschel also coined the term in 1839. He applied the terms negative and positive to photography.[2]

2. The term 'camera obscura' means:
The camera obscura (Latin; "camera" is a "vaulted chamber/room" + "obscura" means "dark"= "darkened chamber/room") is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen

3. The earliest writings about the camera obscura were written by?
The earliest record of the uses of a camera obscura can be found in the writings ofLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). At about the same period Daniel Barbaro, a Venetian, recommended the camera as an aid to drawing and perspective.

4. Who produced the first photograph in 1827?
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

5. Daguerre’s invention in 1937 was called the
Daguerreotype

6. In 1884 George Eastman introduced what?
Eastman patented the first film in roll form to prove practicable

7. Eadweard Maybridge is famous for recording what?
He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip.[1]

8. What did Thomas Eakins invent?
Thomas Eakins invented movies.

9. ‘Migrant Mother’ is the title of a famous photograph by

10. What was the first major world disaster to be recorded 
on a photograph?
The camera proved useful in recordingcrime scenes and the scenes of accidents, such as theWootton bridge collapse in 1861 and the Staplehurst rail crash of 1865






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