Skills Photography

What is burning in photography? A. Making the exposure darker during printing or editing. B. Balancing the light meter. C. Making the exposure lighter during printing or editing. D. Changing the ISO.

A. Making the exposure darker during printing or editing.

Both AF and MF affect what part of the photo? A. The sharpness of the subject B. Depth of field C. Exposure D. Light balance

A. The sharpness of the subject

A photograph is a type of raster image. A. True B. False

A. True

Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A. True B. False

A. True

Which compositional technique uses a blurry background and a sharp subject that's in focus?

Diffused Background

This lighting is made by creating a small shadow of the subjects noses on their cheeks. To create this lighting, the light source must be slightly higher than eye level and about 30-45 degrees from the camera

Loop lighting

Which lighting technique splits the face exactly into equal halves with one side being in the light, and the other in shadow?

Split lighting

The Daguerreotypes used a copper plate coated with silver and exposed to iodine vapor before it was exposed to light to create a photograph. (true or false)

True

What does the word "photography" mean?

Writing with light

Which term describes the sharpness or clarity of the subject?

Focus

A higher ISO will result in what? A. Brighter exposure B. More noise or pixilation C. All of the above

C. All of the above

When is the sun at its brightest point in the sky?

12pm

What does a prime lens have that regular lenses do not?

A fixed focal length

Which is a larger aperture? A. 1.4 B. 2.8 C. 1600 D. 1/300

A. 1.4

Which of these would give the darkest photo? A. 1/500th sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 B. 1/60th sec, f/4, ISO 200 C. 1/250th sec, f/8, ISO 400 D. 1/1000th sec, f/11, ISO 1600

A. 1/500th sec, f/5.6, ISO 100

Which shutter speed lets in more light? A. 1/60 B. 1/400 C. 1/1000

A. 1/60

You want to take a photo with a diffused background. Which of the following actions will accomplish this? A. Decrease the f-stop B. Shorten the shutter speed C. Increase the ISO D. Add flash E. None of the above

A. Decrease the f-stop

Which f-stop lets more light in? A. F2 B. F8 C. F22

A. F2

When added together in equal amounts at 100% intensity, white light is created. When added together in different proportions, all other colors can be created.

Additive primaries

The natural light in a scene

Ambient light

Just like traditional film cameras, the small opening that allows light to pass through the lens of a digital camera is called the ______

Aperture

What does A-DEP stand for?

Automatic depth of field

Low aperture would create... A. A smaller depth of field B. A larger depth of field C. Aperture doesn't change the depth of field

B. A larger depth of field

Primary colors consist of: A. Yellow, orange and green. B. Blue, red and yellow. C. The mix of two complimentary colors D. Blue, blue-green, and green

B. Blue, red and yellow.

A photo is underexposed. Which of the following actions will solve this? A. Increase the f-stop B. Lengthen the shutter speed C. Decrease the ISO D. Change MF to AF E. None of the above

B. Lengthen the shutter speed

You want to take a photo with blurred motion. Which of the following actions will accomplish this? A. Increase the f-stop B. Lengthen the shutter speed C. Increase the ISO D. Change MF to AF

B. Lengthen the shutter speed

Who took the first printed photograph? A. Thomas Wedgwood B. Nicephore Niepce C. Sir John Hersche D. William Henry Fox Talbot

B. Nicephore Niepce

Basic Daylight Exposure or the Sunny 16 Rule. On a sunny day, your proper exposure outdoors will always be 1/125th of a second at f16.

BDE

Which compositional technique uses a long, deep depth of field? A. Rule of Thirds B. Frozen Motion C. Framing the Subject D. Background Included E. Diffused Background

D. Background Included

Your subject's face is turned a bit off-center, and the broader side (turned towards the camera) is in the light. (can be used in different lighting setups)

Broad lighting

Named for the butterfly pattern shadow that forms below the nose when it's used, this will yield gorgeous "glamour" shots.

Butterfly lighting

Which shutter speed is most likely to result in frozen motion? A. 1/60 B. 1/400 C. 1/1000

C. 1/1000

If a shutter speed is 1/100, what is twice as quick? A. 2/50 B. 1/200 C. 1/50 D. 1/500

C. 1/50

When was the first photograph taken? A. 1839 B. 1931 C. 1826/1827 D. 1916/1917

C. 1826/1827

In a gig setting (ie low light), the ISO should be set......? A. The highest setting there is on that particular camera B. The lowest setting there is on that particular camera C. Between 400 and 1600, depending on the camera D. About f/2.8

C. Between 400 and 1600, depending on the camera

What is Aperture measured in? A. Spots B. Stops C. F Numbers D. Fractions

C. F Numbers

Which f-stop has a longer depth of field? A. F2 B. F8 C. F22

C. F22

What is dodging in photography? A. Making the exposure darker during printing or editing. B. Balancing the light meter. C. Making the exposure lighter during printing or editing. D. Changing the ISO.

C. Making the exposure lighter during printing or editing.

What is shutter speed measured in? A. Stops B. F Numbers C. Seconds D. Exposures

C. Seconds

When it comes to apertures, which of the following is true? A. The bigger the f number the bigger the aperture opening B. The smaller the f number the bigger the depth of field C. The bigger the f number the smaller the aperture opening D. The smaller the f number the slower the shutter speed

C. The bigger the f number the smaller the aperture opening

When would you're use the "Bulb" setting? A. When you shooting under tungsten lights B. When you're shooting indoor sports C. When you need a very long exposure D. When you need to shoot with studio flash

C. When you need a very long exposure

When taking close-up shots, focusing is more difficult because of the ________. A. faster shutter speed B. higher ISO number C. shallow depth of field D. two-stage shutter button

C. shallow depth of field

The acronym for four colors in subtractive color systems commonly used when printing images

CMYK

Which term describes unposed photos when the subject is not aware of being photographed?

Candid

What is the gleam of reflected light in the eye of a person or animal in a photograph?

Catch light

Is the effect when all the individual parts of an image come together to support each other. The act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.

Composition

Which term describes the difference between the lightest and darkest areas in a photograph?

Contrast

What are the subtractive primary colors?

Cyan magenta yellow

What do the letters in CMYK stand for?

Cyan magenta yellow black

If you have a camera with 1.5 crop factor and use a 200mm f/2.8 lens what would be the equivalent focal length. A. 150mm B. 200mm C. 250mm D. 300mm

D. 300mm

Perfect exposure is a result of the right mixture of: A. Shutter speed + aperture + resolution B. Film speed + aperture + exposure C. Exposure + aperture + shutter speed D. Aperture + shutter speed + film speed

D. Aperture + shutter speed + film speed

If you're taking photos at night and they are coming out blurry, what is the most likely reason? A. The auto-blur option is on B. The memory card is full C. The zoom isn't working right D. The camera is using a slower shutter speed

D. The camera is using a slower shutter speed

Which term describes the area of photograph that is in focus?

Depth of field

Aperture/f-stop affects what part(s) of a photo?

Depth of field / exposure

What does EOS stand for?

Electronic optical system

Which term describes the brightness of a photograph?

Exposure

Shutter speed affects what part(s) of a photo? A. Depth of field B. Exposure C. Blurred motion D. Both A & B E. Both A & C F. Both B & C

F. Both B & C

Which compositional technique makes the subject take up as much space as possible in the photograph?

Filling the frame

What does FPS stand for?

Frames per second

What does GIF stand for?

Graphics interchange format

Light or dark tones, no color.

Grayscale

A color space where Hue is the color, Saturation is the intensity, and Luminance is the brightness (three letter abbreviation).

HSL

The component in a camera that turns light into electrical charges that become the image on the screen. Light particles or photons reflect off a subject, making it visible and able to enter the camera.

Image sensor

What does ISO stand for?

International Standards Organization

Which camera orientation is long horizontally and short vertically?

Landscape

Which compositional technique uses lines to bring the viewer into, out of, and around the photograph?

Leading lines

Allows you to adjust tones of an image, specifically dark, middle, or light pixels.

Levels

Which mode should you shoot in if you want complete control of the camera settings?

Manual

Which type of zoom uses the camera's lens to magnify the image?

Optical

What does ppi stand for?

Pixels per inch

Digital images are made up of tiny dots called:

Pixles

Which camera function allows you to view photos you've already taken?

Playback

Which camera orientation is short horizontally and long vertically?

Portrait

Which term describes photos where the subject is carefully positioned by the photographer?

Posed

An image format captured straight from the sensor featuring unprocessed data, allowing for large amounts of control and high quality images

RAW

What are the additive primary colors?

Red blue green

RGB stand for:

Red green blue

This lighting is identified by the triangle of light on the cheek. Unlike loop lighting where the shadow of the nose and cheek do not touch, in this lighting they do meet which, creates that trapped little triangle of light in the middle.

Rembrandt lighting

Which compositional technique places the subject away from the center of the photograph?

Rule of thirds

What type of digital camera has a detachable lens?

SLR

What does SDHC stand for?

Secure Digital High Capacity

What does SLR stand for?

Single lens reflex

What is the unit of measurement for light in photography?

Stops

These colors are used in print media for dye and pigments.

Subtractive primaries

Ancient civilizations used camera obscuras to form images on walls in darkened rooms.

True

Which shutter speed is faster? A. 1/60 B. 1/400 C. 1/1000

c. 1/1000

A common color space used with monitors and the internet, despite the limited color gamut

sRGB