Photography Final Semester Two – Spring 2014
1)
What divides your image into a grid and takes a separate meter reading for each cell, in the grid in which
the cells are then analyzed to determine an exposure setting. ?
2)
What button must you half press in order to activate your light meter?
3)
This setting only meters cells in the middle of your image; the size of the area is only about ten percent of
the total scene.
4)
A variation of Matrix metering, this also divides your image into a grid of cells, but when analyzing the
readings, it gives preference to the cells in the MIDDLE of your image.
5)
Measures only a small area of your image, usually the center, the metering from this area is the only
information used to calculate an exposure.
6)
The most important thing you need to know about your camera’s light meter is that it always assumes that
it is pointed at something that is __________.
7)
Your light meter, meters/measures the ___________ of light reflected by your subject.
8)
What is the name of the device that is used during the taking of the picture that will get you a good
exposure?
9)
When is it ok to Under Expose your photo?
10)
What lets you automatically change between equal exposures after the camera has metered.
11)
In controlling exposure with your light meter, if you meter off a lighter subject, what will your exposure be
like?
12)
In controlling exposure with your light meter, if you meter off a darker subject, what will your exposure be
like?
13)
This mode allows you to choose either the shutter speed or the aperture you want, and the camera calculates
the corresponding value that is required to ensure a good exposure.
14)
What mode is preferred more amongst photographers?
15)
What is a simple graph of the distribution of all tones in your image?
16)
The histogram flashes any areas that have clipped highlights or __________.
17)
On a histogram graph, white is on the _________ side.
18)
On a histogram graph, black is on the __________ side.
19)
What does the “Three Channel Histogram” help you see?
20)
In a portrait mode, do you need a larger or smaller aperture?
21)
Let’s say you take a photo of a soccer game in a dark setting, what should you do as far as shutter speed,
ISO, and aperture?
22)
What are Image Processing Parameters?
23)
When you turn off the lights in your house during the day, your vision will be?
24)
When the doctor flashes the bright light straight into your eye, your vision is?
25)
What two parts of the camera control the amount of light that hits the image sensor?
26)
What is Shutter Speed measured in?
27)
What is Aperture measured in?
28)
When looking up the shutter speed on your camera, the number shown would usually be what?
29)
The faster the shutter speed…
30)
How many curtains are in an SLR camera?
31)
A stop is a measure of…
.32)
When you double the amount of light that hits the image sensor, how many F-stops does that create?
33)
When you increase the aperture, your image has a better chance of being…
34)
When you increase the shutter speed, your image has a better chance of being…
35)
As the Shutter Speed goes up, the Aperture (f-stop) goes…
36)
What is the average f – stop?
37)
As you go to a smaller aperture setting, the depth of field does what?
38)
What rule states the following: about one third of your available depth will be in front of the point of focus
and the two thirds will be behind it.
39)
What setting allows your shutter to stay open for longer than 30 seconds?
40)
What is the highest a shutter speed can go?
41)
What number is shown on your camera when it comes to telling the shutter speed?
42)
What is the lowest that the shutter speed can go?
43)
Have you ever lost your keys, phone, wallet, etc. and looked all over the house, and twenty minutes later
you find them in your pocket, or on the table right in front of you. – This is a situation of what?
44)
One of the best ways to improve your seeing prowess is to _______.
45)
Do you have to travel far to find a new place to visit?
46)
Which one of these choices is not something you should look for when looking at another professional’s
photos?
47)
Once you have an idea of the _______, then you can start to figure out how close to their subjects they
were standing.
48)
What type of art form is photography?
49)
During the process of drawing something, you have to look at each ______ and ______ that makes up that
object.
50)
A good photo requires a ______.
51)
All good photos begin with ______.
52)
The ______ and ______ causes the sun to not climb very high, which will give you more good light during
the day.
53)
The two Types of Photographic subjects are what?
54)
In building a shot, what camera setting should you not pay attention to?
55)
The great thing about a zoom lens is that it provides tremendous _______.
56)
One reason for not liking the way we look in a portrait photo is _________.
57)
Larger apertures yield shallower ___________.
58)
What is the timer that will fire a burst of two or three shots at once, usually used when shooting a group of
people?
59)
Press the button, wait the specified interval, and the camera takes a picture, usually as long as ten seconds.
– What is this device?
60)
Some cameras let you specify any amount of delay, while others simply include an additional interval,
usually a short one – What device is this?
61)
What is the process of shooting multiple exposures of the same scene with slightly different settings?
62)
How many shots does “bracketing” allow you to take?
63)
What format allows you to alter the white balance after taking the photo?
64)
What is the device that you attach to your lens that allows you to get the proper white balance?
65)
What is the name of the card you use to alter the white balance after you’ve taken the photo?
66)
What is the mode Sometimes referred to as “Burst Mode” which allows you to continuously take pictures
as long as you press down on the shutter.
67)
What are the frames per second in a slower Drive mode?
68)
What are the framers per second in a faster Drive mode?
69)
What is another name for drive mode?
70)
Your camera’s Program shift feature probably doesn’t work in auto mode, but should be active in
___________ mode.
71)
If you’re shooting with a 60mm lens, you shouldn’t shoot any lower than ____________.?
72)
If your camera chooses a shutter speed that is faster than the size of the lens, what should you do?
73)
If you are shooting at dusk with a 200 mm lens, and your camera chooses a shutter speed of 1/90th of a
second, is this too slow or fast for taking the picture??
74)
Increasing ISO is a great option when your camera has chosen a shutter speed that’s too __________ for
steady handheld shooting.
75)
The higher the ISO the _____________.
76)
The lower the ISO the ______________.
77)
What is ISO?
78)
Say you’re shooting with a 100mm lens at ISO 100, and your camera’s meter has selected a shutter speed
of 1/50th of a second, should you raise or lower the ISO?
79)
Going back to question 21, if you raise it, will the shutter speed go up or down?
80)
What is the most natural source of light when taking photo(s)?
81)
Strong light, produces dark shadows under the eyes, makes _____ and _____ more pronounced.
82)
Can you shoot your subject into the sun?
83)
What is a large piece of white cloth that serves to diffuse light, casting a very soft shadow?
84)
Usually a piece of glass that gives you the ability to bounce light around your image.
85)
What is “Turning the subject away from the main light source, and using the shadowy part as the main
source of light.”?
86)
What is “The subject is exposed to the main light source, not the shadowy part of the light source.”?
87)
The Range of flash is about…
88)
This uses the flash to fill in shadows. Typically used for backlit situations.
89)
What is a flash power adjustment control which allows you to increase or decrease the power of the flash?
90)
As you increase your camera’s ISO, it becomes _____ sensitive to light
91)
The most significant advantage of external flash is its _______ .
92)
What does “TTL” stand for?
93)
If your Reflector is causing too much light to fall on your subject, what should you do?
94)
What is something you SHOULD look for in an external flash device?
95)
What must your camera have in order to use an external flash?
96)
What is something negative about your flash that may cause you to purchase an “External Flash Device”?
97)
One problem with using flash in very low light is that, while the flash is capable of exposing your
foreground properly, everything in the background lies _________.
98)
What is the letter on your dial or menu that gets you to program mode?
99)
What is program mode a combination of?
100)
Which mode needs light in order for it to get full contrast?
101)
What system does not need light in order for it to get full contrast?
102)
What does “TTL” stand for?
103)
What works by focusing the lens until the image has as much contrast as possible?
104)
What are the pixels like in a clear image?
105)
What is the light that helps illuminate your subject in the photo?
106)
What is the area in the middle of the frame, marked with a box that determines which part of the image will
be focused on?
107)
Does your lens produce one or multiple focusing zones?
108)
All cameras have an auto __________ balance feature.
109)
When you are trying to shoot a picture of someone sitting down (not moving) is it best to use Manual or
Auto Focus?
110)
When you are trying to shoot a picture of someone moving, is it best to use Manual or Auto Focus?
111)
What is the focus option that detects faces in your scene, and sets focus to them?
112)
What is the focus option that automatically refocuses every time you move or zoom the camera?
113)
What is the special focus mode that automatically tracks a moving object and keeps it in focus, even as you
reframe the shot?
114) What is the boxed are that the lens focuses onto?
115) The idea with white balancing is that if a camera can reproduce ________ accurately, it can represent any other
___________ accurately.
116) Direct sunlight, is very _______, while tungsten light is very _______.
117) When “White Balancing” a photo, do you need to zoom into a white object, or just have the camera try and
pick one up?