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Which printing process uses light-sensitive paper coated with albumen from egg whites?
Which printing process uses light-sensitive paper coated with albumen from egg whites?
What technique allows photographers to create a three-dimensional effect using two images taken from slightly different angles?
What technique allows photographers to create a three-dimensional effect using two images taken from slightly different angles?
Which method captures an image on a plate coated with light-sensitive collodion?
Which method captures an image on a plate coated with light-sensitive collodion?
What type of photography is characterized by soft focus and artistic interpretation rather than sharp detail?
What type of photography is characterized by soft focus and artistic interpretation rather than sharp detail?
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Which term describes the process of making a permanent image through exposure to sunlight on light-sensitive paper?
Which term describes the process of making a permanent image through exposure to sunlight on light-sensitive paper?
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Photography Techniques and Materials
- Pantograph: A mechanical device for enlarging or reducing images.
- Physionotrace: A device for creating physical portraits through tracing.
- Kodak: A major player in the development of photography and filmmaking.
- Silhouette: An outline drawing of an object, often used in early photography.
- Magic lantern: An early form of projection device.
- Camera lucida: A device that allowed viewing a scene directly through a lens.
- Magnesium flash: Early flash powder for photography.
- Camera obscura: An optical device that projects an inverted image of the exterior scene.
- Pictorialism: A style of photography emphasizing artistic composition.
- Sun printing: A photographic process using sunlight.
- Salt print: A photographic print using a salt-based process.
- Heliography: The earliest form of photographic printing process.
- Platinum print: A high-quality photographic print using platinum.
- Daguerreotype: An early photographic process producing a positive image on a silvered copper plate.
- Gelatin silver print: A standard photographic print process.
- Calotype: An early photographic process that produces negatives.
- POP (Printed out print): A process relating to printing out images from a print.
- Collodion (wet-plate): An early photographic process that required a wet collodion solution.
- DOP (Developed out print): A process related to developing a print.
- Albumen paper: Paper treated with albumen for photography.
- Baryta: A fine layer of barium sulfate that enhances image quality on paper.
- Combination printing: Combining different techniques for creating a photograph.
- Half tone: A printing method for creating continuous tone images with dots.
- Negative/positive/direct positive: Terms relating to the image reversal process in photography.
- Straight photography: A style focusing on accurate representation of the subject.
- 3-part laminar structure of photographs: A structural aspect of photographic elements potentially relating to the layered composition.
- Pre-visualisation: Planning or imagining a photograph before taking it.
- Latent image: The invisible image formed on a light-sensitive material.
- Photogravure: A printing process used for finely detailed imagery.
- Tintype: A positive photographic process on a metal plate, often tarnished.
- Gum printing: A photographic process using gum arabic for printing images.
- Ambrotype: A positive photograph on glass.
- Celluloid/nitrate film: Early film materials.
- Cartes de visites: Small photographic portraits on visiting cards.
- Photomechanical reproduction: Creating copies of photographs mechanically.
- Cyanotype: A photographic process that produces blue-toned images.
- Photo-magazine: A magazine featuring photographic content.
- Stereoscopy/stereograph: A type of 3D image, often using two overlapping photographs.
- Autochrome: An early color photographic process.
- Dry plate: A photographic plate processed without requiring wet chemicals.
- Instantaneous photography: Early work in obtaining photographs quickly.
- Kodachrome: A color photographic film.
Photographic Concepts
- Latent Image: The invisible image formed on a light-sensitive material.
- Pre-visualisation: The act of imagining how a photo will look before taking it.
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Explore essential photography techniques and materials in this quiz. Test your knowledge on historical devices and processes that shaped the art of photography, from the camera obscura to platinum prints. Perfect for photography enthusiasts and students alike.
