Friday, March 4, 2016

1. What is a camera obscura?
     A dark can/box with an aperture, no lens.
2. What is a pinhole camera?
     A camera with a pinhole aperture.
3. What 3 things do all cameras have in common?
     The aperture, shutter, and the body.
4. What two parts of a camera allow light to enter in?
    Apature & Shutter
5. How do you test the pinhole camera for "light leaks" and how do you fix them? 
    You first test on a test strip (a small piece of film), and if you have a leak that needs to be fixed you cover the camera in black, avoiding the aperture.
6. What is "camera shake" and how do you prevent it?
     "Camera shake" is movement of camera while taking a photo, you prevent this by placing the    .....  camera on a flat surface.
7. What does developer do? 
     Convert the latent image to a visible image.
8. What happens in the stop bath?
     Discontinues the process of the development   .....of the film.
9. What happens in the fixer?
      This prevents spotting while also keeping the ......chemicals moving.
10. Why agitate chemicals when printing?
      Because the chemicals need to be agitated to ......properly function.
11. How do you prevent prints from sticking ......together?
      Continue moving the film around.
12. Why do we wash prints?
       In order to get all of the chemicals off of the film.

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