Intro Study Guide (test Tuesday)

Question 1

Exposure

Answer 1

The amount of light you let into your camera

Question 2

What kind of shutter speed would you need to freeze motion (i.e leaves falling)?

Answer 2

A high shutter speed

Question 3

Lowest SS for handheld photo

Answer 3

1/125

Question 4

1/60-1/4000

Answer 4

Camera shutter speed

Question 5

Base ISO

Answer 5

100

Question 6

Not enough ISO?

Answer 6

100->200->400->800

Question 7

What are the three parts of the exposure triangle?

Answer 7

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

Question 8

Shutter speed (SS)

Answer 8

Length of time your camera takes a picture or the shutter is open

Question 9

Motion-blur SS

Answer 9

1/80, 1/100

Question 10

Lowest hand-held photo SS

Answer 10

1/125

Question 11

Portrait SS

Answer 11

1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250

Question 12

What is a good SS range for shooting portraits outside?

Answer 12

1/125-1/320

Question 13

If you want to stop time or freeze motion, do you use a higher or lower shutter speed?

Answer 13

You set a high shutter speed

Question 14

If you want to show motion blur, do you set a higher or lower shutter speed?

Answer 14

You set a low shutter speed

Question 15

If you want to shoot a fast moving sport like volleyball, basketball, or football, what would be a good shutter speed range, depending on lighting?

Answer 15

1/1000-1/1600

Question 16

1/1000, 1/1300, 1/1600

Answer 16

Fast-moving sports/frozen in time

Question 17

If you want to show blur in a waterfall, what would be a good shutter speed?

Answer 17

Up to 12 seconds

Question 18

The lower the shutter speed, the more ______ blur is shown in the photo

Answer 18

The lower the shutter speed, the more -motion blur- is shown in the photo

Question 19

The higher the shutter speed, the more you ______ time and the image.

Answer 19

The higher the shutter speed, the more you stop time and the image

Question 20

Aperture

Answer 20

The amount of light let into the camera through the iris. (size of opening lens/iris). The larger the opening, the more light-therefore the more exposure.

Question 21

The wider the aperture, the more _____ you let in the camera.

Answer 21

The wider the aperture, the more light you let in the camera

Question 22

Why does a smaller aperture have a larger number?

Answer 22

It is measured in fractions

Question 23

The nine common f-stops

Answer 23

3, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.6, 6.3, 7.1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22

Question 24

What aperture is larger? f/2 or f/11?

Answer 24

f/2

Question 25

What is depth of field?

Answer 25

The amount of your photo/scene from front to back that´s in focus.

Question 26

A wider aperture will give you a _______ depth of field, so that images in the background will appear blurry. This will make your subject pop and draw the eye.

Answer 26

A wider aperture will give you a _______ depth of field, so that images in the background will appear blurry. This will make your subject pop and draw the eye.

Question 27

Aperture controls depth of field (true or false?)

Answer 27

True

Question 28

A small aperture will give you a _____ or wider depth of field where everything appears to be sharp. What kind of photos are these good for?

Answer 28

A small aperture will give you a larger or wider depth of field where everything appears to be sharp. This is good for landscape photos.

Question 29

ISO

Answer 29

The setting that brightens/darkens a photo

Question 30

You can raise the ISO to _____ your photos in situations where lighting is too dim.

Answer 30

brighten

Question 31

But the more you raise the ISO number, the more ____ or ¨noise¨ you´ll have in the photo.

Answer 31

But the more you raise the ISO number, the more grain or ¨noise¨ you´ll have in the photo.

Question 32

The base ISO on our cameras is ______, which is a good place to start for shooting outdoors or in well lit situations. You can raise it to ___, 400, or even 800 if you don´t have enough light.

Answer 32

The base ISO on our cameras is 100 ISO, which is a good place to start for shooting outdoors or in well lit situations. You can raise it to 200, 400, or even 800 if you don´t have enough light.

Question 33

What does the exposure triangle indicate?

Answer 33

That if you change one component (aperture, ISO, SS), then you need to compensate. They all affect each other. One changes=all change the photo.

Question 34

How can you get a blurred water affect in the waterfall?

Answer 34

Very slow shutter speed - about 12-20 seconds (up to 12secs)