photography

What are photographic norms?

The common rules of photography, such as focus, lighting, composition, colour, and realistic representation.

What happens when photographic norms are manipulated?

Images become unusual, creative, emotional, dramatic, or surreal.

What effect does unusual lighting create?

Mystery, drama, mood, or tension.

What effect does blurring an image create?

Movement, confusion, dream-like qualities, or emotion.

What effect does an unusual camera angle create?

It changes perspective and can make subjects appear powerful, vulnerable, or strange.

How should you write about art?

Use art terminology, describe what you see, explain effects, and link ideas directly to the image.

Why use adjectives when analysing art?

They help create detailed and specific descriptions.

Give examples of useful adjectives for art analysis.

Dramatic, distorted, mysterious, dreamlike, symbolic, eerie, surreal.

Why must art analysis be specific?

It shows exactly how visual elements create meaning in the artwork.

What is Photoshop?

A digital image-editing program used to manipulate photographs.

Name three common Photoshop tools.

Clone Stamp, Brush Tool, and Selection Tool.

What are Photoshop layers used for?

To edit different parts of an image separately.

What is compositing in Photoshop?

Combining multiple images into one artwork.

What is chemical processing?

The process of developing photographic film using chemicals.

What camera function controls the amount of light entering the camera?

Aperture.

What camera function controls how long light enters the camera?

Shutter speed.

What camera function affects image brightness and sensitivity to light?

ISO.

What is a negative?

A film image where light and dark areas are reversed.

What equipment is used when developing negatives?

Film tank, reels, thermometer, measuring cylinders, and timer.

What chemicals are commonly used when developing film?

Developer, stop bath, and fixer.

Why are temperature and timing important in film processing?

They affect image quality and proper development.

What does OHS stand for?

Occupational Health and Safety.

Give two OHS rules in the darkroom.

Wear protective equipment and handle chemicals carefully.

What is Surrealism?

An art movement that explores dreams, imagination, and the unconscious mind.

What are common characteristics of Surrealism?

Dreamlike scenes, unexpected combinations, distortion, symbolism, and fantasy.

What is NOT considered Surrealism?

Ordinary realistic photographs without imaginative or unusual elements.

How are surreal photographs created digitally?

By using Photoshop to combine, distort, remove, or transform images.

What effect does combining unrelated objects create?

Surprise, mystery, and surreal meaning.

What themes are often explored in Surrealism?

Dreams, identity, fantasy, nature, memory, and the subconscious.

What is the art-making process?

Planning, photographing, editing, refining, and presenting an artwork.

Why do artists document their art-making process?

To show how ideas developed and how the final artwork was created.

What art terms could be used when analysing a photograph?

Composition, contrast, focal point, texture, balance, tone, lighting, and symbolism.