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.