Photography Terminology Quiz

Photography Terminology

• Pantograph: A mechanical device used to enlarge or reduce drawings.
• Physionotrace: An early method of creating a portrait.
• Silhouette: A darkened profile, a method of representing a shape.
• Camera lucida: A device that projects an image onto a surface for tracing.
• Camera obscura: A darkened room with a small hole that projects an image onto the opposite wall.
• Sun printing: Creating images using sunlight as a source.
• Heliography: Creating images using light-sensitive materials.
• Daguerreotype: An early photographic process producing a positive image on a silver plate.
• Calotype: An early photographic process creating a negative image.
• Collodion (wet-plate): A photographic process requiring wet plates, a rapid method.
• Albumen paper: Photographic paper coated with egg white.
• Combination printing: A technique combining different photographic processes.
• Negative/positive/direct positive: Methods relating to images' tones (positive or negative).
• 3-part laminar structure of photographs: A layered structure describing different processes in image creation.
• Latent image: An invisible image formed by the reaction with light-sensitive materials.
• Tintype: A photographic process creating images on a metal plate.
• Ambrotype: An early positive photographic process on glass.
• Cartes de visite: Small photographic portraits popular in the 19th century.
• Cyanotype: A photographic process creating Prussian blue prints.
• Stereoscopy/stereograph: A technique creating images seen in 3D.
• Dry plate: A photographic plate not requiring wet chemistry.
• Instantaneous photography: A method for creating quick photographic images.

Photography Processes

• Snapshot: A quick photographic image.
• Kodak: A famous photographic company.
• Magic lantern: A device projecting images onto a screen for viewing.
• Magnesium flash: A flash bulb technique.
• Pictorialism: A style of photography emphasizing artistic quality.
• Salt print: An early photographic print.
• Platinum print: A high-quality photographic print.
• Gelatin silver print: A common method using light-sensitive gelatin.
• POP (Printed out print): Short for an image printed straight from the source.
• DOP (Developed out print): Short for an image developed & printed from a process.
• Baryta: A coating for photographic paper.
• Half-tone: A process creating a continuous tone effect from a series of dots.
• Straight photography: A style emphasizing a direct expression of reality.
• Pre-visualisation: The mental process of creating an image in one's mind.
• Photogravure: A printing technique producing images from engraved plates.
• Gum printing: A photographic printing process involving gum.
• Celluloid/nitrate film: An early film material.
• Photomechanical reproduction: Techniques for making multiple copies of images.
• Photo-magazine: Publications including photographic images and articles.
• Autochrome: An early color photographic process.
• Kodachrome: A color photographic film.

Test your knowledge of key photography terminology with this quiz. From pantographs to daguerreotypes, explore the terms that have shaped the art of photography. Perfect for photography enthusiasts and students alike!