Exam Review

Units in the course:

• Imaging Basics
  • Know the essential elements of the camera (e.g. mode selector, lens, mirror, etc..)
  • Know how to shoot, the characteristics of light and how to hold a camera.
  • Know the relevance of the three kings in photography and how to alter each to take a well exposed shot. Know also the consequence of manipulating each.
    • Aperture and depth of field
    • Shutter speed
    • ISO
  • Know why you'd use photoshop instead of lightroom and the basics of lightroom
  • Understand the metering modes and how to set white balance
• Composition
  • Know the 8 compositional elements for phography
    • leading lines
    • contrast
    • thirds
    • framing
    • texture
    • depth
    • filling the frame
    • symmetry
  • Know the broad history of photography
    • camera obscura->mirrorles cameras
  • Know how to analyze a photo
    • Description/Formal Analysis/Interpretation/Judgement
• Lighting and Portraiture
  • Understand the 3 principles of lighting: Position, Strength, Colour and how to apply them to taking photos.
  • Understand how to get a shadow, a silhouette or a reflection using these principles.
  • Know how and why to pose a subject, how to achieve various portraits and the basics of 3 point lighting in studio photography
• Photography as an artform
  • Understand the basic forms of art for photography: (abstract, documentary, fashion, nature, montage/collage, narrative, portrait, still life, surrealism, architecture, time-laps/light painting). Be able to describe each and roughly how to achieve a successful photo in the style.