Midterm prep

Question 1

What is the smallest and the largest aperture we need to know

Answer 1

f/2 is a large opening in the camera. f/32 is a tiny opening.

Question 2

Aperture is a…

Answer 2

Aperture is a creative control that controls the depth of field in an image.

Question 3

Shutter speed is a…

Answer 3

Shutter Speed is a creative control that controls motion in your image.

Question 4

ISO/ASA

Answer 4

Is how sensitive your film is to light

Question 5

The three controls you need to set to create an exposure is

Answer 5

Aperture, Shutter speed, and ISO/ASA

Question 6

How sensitive is an ISO of 50 compared to 3200

Answer 6

The ISO 50 is less sensitive to light and has smaller silver halite particles. ISO 3200 is more sensitive to light and has larger particles.

Question 7

How many stops are between 50 and 3200

Answer 7

6 Stops
50 - 100 - 200 - 400 - 800 - 1600 - 3200

Question 8

List the shutter speeds on the wheel

Answer 8

1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000

Question 9

List the f-stops on the wheel

Answer 9

f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22, f/23

Question 10

What dictates the combination of shutter speed and aperture that our camera chooses.

Answer 10

The ISO and the amount of light in the frame.

Question 11

If you go “up” by one stop in aperture what would you do with shutter speed to produce the “same” exposure

Answer 11

You would go down a stop. When you take aperture up by 2x you need to take shutter speed down by 1/2x. And vice versa the other way around.

Question 12

What is the light meter in our cameras

Answer 12

reflective light meter (reads light that reflects off a subject)

Question 13

What is a handheld light meter

Answer 13

An incident light meter. Reads light that falls directly onto an object.

Question 14

What are we doing when we bracket our photos

Answer 14

We are going up one stop or down one stop from the given values

Question 15

What is a “normal” lens range

Answer 15

50mm is considered normal and the most similar to “eye view”

Question 16

What is a wide angle lense

Answer 16

24-35mm is considered wide. Causes some distortion and makes images seem 3D

Question 17

A long or telephoto lens is

Answer 17

anywhere from 70-300mm. It flattens images and makes them look 2D

Question 18

lens size ranges

Answer 18

anything below the number 50 is a wide lens. Anything above 50 is a telephoto/long lens

Question 19

In a backlit photo how would the subject be exposed

Answer 19

The subject would be under exposed.

Question 20

How to correct for an underexposed object, maybe from a backlit situation.

Answer 20

You would either meter directly on the subject, use an incident light meter, or use a gray card. When fixing for a backlit situation you need to overexpose.

Question 21

what are the chemicals in the dark room

Answer 21

Developer, stop bath, fixer

Question 22

What is a latent image

Answer 22

An image that has been exposed but not developed

Question 23

what happens in the developer

Answer 23

Silver halite crystals are developed when the developer reacts with the ones that have been struck by light

Question 24

What happens in an overexposed or overdeveloped image.

Answer 24

You lose information in the hilights and the contrast of the photo goes up. The negatives are very dark

Question 25

What happens in an under exposed/developed image

Answer 25

You lose information in the shadows and the contrast drops. the negatives will be very light.

Question 26

How is contrast control

Answer 26

In the enlarger in the dark room. A contrast filter of 2 is considered normal. Anything above is high contrast anything lower is low contrast.

Question 27

Dodging

Answer 27

You do this in the initial print time. It lightens certain areas of the print and takes away light in the dark areas.

Question 28

Burning

Answer 28

Happens after the initial print time. Darkens light areas of your print.

Question 29

Who took the first photograph

Answer 29

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Question 30

When was the first photograph taken

Answer 30

1826/1827

Question 31

What were the stats of the first photograph

Answer 31

An 8 hour exposure time, very low sensitivity film at an ISO of 2

Question 32

What was the first photo named

Answer 32

“view from the window at le Gras”

Question 33

What is the Daguerreo type

Answer 33

A form of photography that was created by Joc Luie Daguerre. The photo was made on a highly polished plate of copper that was treated with ionized silver.

Question 34

What is the Calotype

Answer 34

Created by William Henry Fox Talbot. The first reproducible form of photography. Used a piece of sensitized paper. Incorporated the negative to positive process.