How to photograph collections

Learning goal

  • To acquire useful vocabulary in order to be able to describe basic procedures for photographing museum items.

 To achieve that goal, you should become familiar with the words in the resource, paying special attention to those included in the exercise. The interactive activity provides feedback so that you can evaluate your performance.

Watch the video

Watch the video "Online Museum Training - Photographing Collection Items", posted by Museums Australia Victoria at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUgG7HEpvyo#t=53, and then do the exercise below. If you have trouble following the video, you can activate its good quality subtitles (if you don't know how to do it, click here) or access the script.

 

What words/expressions do the following definitions correspond to?

Below you can see some definitions that correspond to terms used in the video. Select the appropriate word or expression from the drop down menu. 

1. Highly resistant to wear, etc.; capable of enduring:

2. The state of an optical image when it is distinct and clearly defined or the state of an instrument producing this image:

3. (Of light) uncomfortably strong:

4. A photograph taken at close range:

5. A close-up of a subject at greater than life-size:

To fade

In the video, the speaker talks about “faint handwriting”, meaning “barely visible handwriting”. That is because the ink has faded, (from natural aging, light exposure, or other environmental or internal factors).

To fade is an important verb in Conservation and Restoration. Below you can see three different ways of expressing that idea, and one that doesn't mean the same. Choose the expression that DOES NOT BELONG here:

a) to become discolored

b) to become bleached

c) to become more vivid

d) to become duller