Midterm Review

Question 1

What units do we use to measure shutter speed?

Answer 1

Fractions and seconds.

Question 2

Give an example of a fast shutter speed.

Answer 2

1/4000

Question 3

What is the fastest shutter speed on your camera?

Answer 3

1/4000

Question 4

What impact does a fast shutter speed have on the way your picture looks?

Answer 4

It will freeze motion.

Question 5

What impact does a slow shutter speed have on the way your picture looks?

Answer 5

It will blur motion.

Question 6

What happens if you use a slow shutter speed without a tripod?

Answer 6

You will experience camera shake.

Question 7

Give an example of shutter speed that would freeze a person walking.

Answer 7

1/500

Question 8

Give an example of shutter speed that would give you a blurry image of a car driving past.

Answer 8

1’’

Question 9

What is the the slowest shutter speed that you can reliably handhold without a tripod?

Answer 9

1/60

Question 10

What is aperture?

Answer 10

A series of metal blades that open and close to control the amount of light entering the camera.

Question 11

What does it mean to make an exposure 1 stop brighter?

Answer 11

It means to make the exposure 2 times brighter.

Question 12

Give an example of an exposure one stop brighter than iso 400, 1/60 at f8.

Answer 12

iso 400, 1/60 at f5.6

Question 13

How much brighter is one stop brighter?

Answer 13

One stop brighter is 2 times brighter.

Question 14

What impact does making your aperture a larger hole have on the way your picture looks?

Answer 14

It will make the picture brighter and give shallow Depth of Field.

Question 15

Is f4.0 a larger hole than f11?

Answer 15

Yes f4.0 is a larger hole than f11.

Question 16

Does f4.0 have more or less stuff in focus than f11?

Answer 16

f4.0 has less stuff in focus than f11.

Question 17

Name 2 things that affect Depth of Field besides your aperture.

Answer 17

Subject camera distance and focal length (how zoomed in or wide angle you are)

Question 18

What is the difference in the way an external light meter measures light compared to your cameras light meter?

Answer 18

Camera light meters measure the light reflecting off of the subject and light meters measure the light falling on the subject.

Question 19

What is white balance?

Answer 19

White balance is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo.

Question 20

Identify what white balance should be used to take a picture Outside in the sun.

Answer 20

Daylight

Question 21

Identify what white balance should be used to take a picture standing in the shade.

Answer 21

Shade

Question 22

Identify what white balance should be used to take a picture under fluorescent lighting.

Answer 22

Fluorescent

Question 23

Identify what white balance should be used to take a picture in a room full of bright windows.

Answer 23

Daylight

Question 24

Identify what white balance should be used to take a picture lit by our regular studio lights(DPs, not LEDs)

Answer 24

Tungsten