History of Photography

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who can you say is the most famous inventor of early photography? Frederick Scott Archer Nicephore Niépce Louis Daguerre Francois Arago

2. What is the name of the first successful photographic process? Daguerreotype Calotype Camera Obscura Camera Lucida

3. How much time was required to properly expose a photo with the first successful process available? 3 hours Between 1 and 3 minutes Between 10 and 20 minutes 1 to 2 hours

4. What new method or methods enabled a decrease in the exposure time needed to take a picture? Taking pictures in bright sunlight Other chemicals and wider apertures Using multiple plates Brightening the subject and placing it close to the camera

5. As we all know, the first photographs were all monochrome. What process was used to get color, before color photography was invented? Using colored plates Hand colouring Combining different lenses and filters Using a special viewing glass

6. Who made the first advances in color photography? James Clerk Maxwell Herman Vogel Auguste and Louis Lumière Ducas du Hauron

7. The theory behind the first tried color process was wrong. True False

8. In 1907, two brothers introduced the first viable colour process. Who were they? The Eastman Brothers David and Thomas Sutton Herman and Otto Vogel The Lumière Brothers

9. Who introduced the flexible film to the market? John Carbutt Richard Maddox Frederick Scott Archer George Eastman

10. The same man who introduced the flexible film was also responsible for what other popular invention? Flash photography The box camera The carbon process Stereoscopic photography