Photography reading and interpretation questions and answers 2026
QUESTION
1. Explain the meaning of the following terms
i. Photograph
ii. Photography
iii. Camera
iv. Horizon
v. Dead ground
ANSWERS
1.
i. Photograph; is an image or picture of people or objects recorded by a camera and then printed on a special paper.
ii. Photography; is an art or profession of taking, developing and printing photograph.
iii. Camera; is a device or equipment used for taking photograph and develop it on a special paper known film.
iv. Horizon; is an area behind the background where the sky or clouds seems to intersect with the ground. It is taken as a part of background
v. Dead ground; is an area of ground hidden from an observer due to undulation on the land.
QUESTION
2. Oliva is a good photographer, one day when she was spending a holiday at her home place she decided to take a photograph of the area around their houses while standing on the roof of the tallest house
a. Which type of photograph was taken? Give reason
b. Give the meaning of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
c. Mention four characteristics of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
d. Is the type of photograph taken in (a) above used for map making? Give reason.
ANSWERS
2.
a. Type of photograph taken was low oblique photograph. Because firstly, a photographer was at low elevated angle toward the ground
b. Low oblique photograph; is a type of photograph taken at low angle less than 60o. It can be taken on the cliff, hills, mountains, plateau and house roof.
c. Characteristics of low oblique photograph includes
i. It covers small area
ii. It is taken on hills, house roof, stones, low elevated aircraft at an angle less than 60o
iii. It show hidden features like car’s tyres
iv. It does not show horizon
v. It shows more than one side view of the object
d. The type of photograph in (a) above is not used for map making because low oblique photograph has no uniform scale also it covers small area.
