Vocabulary

Question 1

Silver photography

Answer 1

photographie argentique

Question 2

Digital photography

Answer 2

Photographie numérique

Question 3

Camera obscura

Answer 3

Chambre noire

Box / room with 1 hole on the side

Question 4

Camera lucida

Answer 4

Chambre claire

Drawing aid

Question 5

Daguerreotype

Answer 5

1st photography process

1839-1850s

Question 6

Calotype

Answer 6

1841 Talbot

paper coated with silver iodide

Question 7

The shutter

Answer 7

L’obsturateur

Question 8

A tripod

Answer 8

Un trépied

Question 9

To pose / to strike a pose

Answer 9

Poser / prendre une pose

Question 10

Depth of field

Answer 10

Profondeur de champs

Area within = sharp / area beyond = blurry

Question 11

A print

Answer 11

Un tirage

Question 12

A copper / glass plate

Intaglio printing

Answer 12

Une plaque de cuivre / verre

Question 13

A film

Answer 13

Une pellicule

Question 14

Wet / dry collodion

Answer 14

Reduced the exposure time
Produced negatives
Produced positives: ambrotype, ferrotype

Question 15

Gelatino bromide of silver

Answer 15

Used from the 1870s on, simple and inexpensive

Question 16

A developer

Answer 16

Révélateur (produit chimique)

Question 17

To blow-up, to enlarge

A blow-up, enlargement

Answer 17

Agrandir

Un agrandissement

Question 18

To crop

Answer 18

Rogner

Question 19

A profile / full face / three-quarter portrait

Answer 19

Un portrait de profil / de face / de trois-quarts

Question 20

A landscape, a cityscape, a seascape

Answer 20

Un paysage, un paysage urbain, une marine

Question 21

A genre scene

Answer 21

Showing an anecdotal or familiar action

Question 22

A wide / tight shot

Answer 22

Un plan large / sérré

Question 23

A long shot / a distance shot

Answer 23

Un plan d’ensemble

Question 24

A pan shot

Answer 24

Une vue panoramique

Question 25

A close-up / a close shot

Answer 25

Un gros plan / Un plan rapproché

Question 26

A reverse shot

Answer 26

Un contre-champ

Question 27

A back shot

Answer 27

Un arrière-champ

Question 28

Camera angle

Answer 28

Angle de vue

Question 29

An upward / downward shot

Answer 29

Une vue en légère plongée / contre-plongée

Question 30

A snapshot

Answer 30

Un cliché, un instantané

Question 31

A high-angle shot | A low-angle shot

Answer 31

Une vue en plongée | Une vue en contreplongée

Question 32

A tone

Answer 32

Un ton

Question 33

Subdued / intense / saturated

Answer 33

Atténué / intense / saturé

Question 34

A sharp / soft contrast

Answer 34

Un contraste fort / léger

Question 35

A gradation

Answer 35

Un dégradé

Question 36

A color patch

Answer 36

Une tache de couleur

Question 37

Bright / dim

Answer 37

Intense / faible

Question 38

A chiaroscuro

Answer 38

Un Clair-obscur

Question 39

To enhance

Answer 39

Mettre en valeur

Question 40

To reduce / to tone down

Answer 40

Atténuer

Question 41

Light strikes the subject from the side / top

Answer 41

La lumière frappe le subject latéralement / verticals net

Question 42

A figure

Answer 42

Une silhouette

Question 43

A curve / a straight line

Answer 43

Une courbe / Une ligne droite

Question 44

Foreground / middle ground / background

Answer 44

Premier plan / plan intermédiaire / arrière-plan

Question 45

Top / bottom / right hand / left hand corner

Answer 45

Coin supérieur / inférieur / droit / gauche

Question 46

(Un)balanced composition

Answer 46

Composition (dés)équilibrée

Question 47

Focus of attention

Answer 47

Centre de l'attention

Question 48

The eye is drawn to

Answer 48

Le regard est attiré par

Question 49

The eye is led from ... To ...

Answer 49

L'oeil est guidé de ... À ...

Question 50

The picture can be read from left to right / top to bottom

Answer 50

On peut lire l'image de gauche à droite, du haut vers le bas