Review for Photography Quiz, Jan. 14

Note: You do NOT have to know about Equivalent Exposure for this quiz. You DO need to know about how to control exposure, why this is important for different situations, Depth of Field and what affects it, how and why to do Motions and Panning blurs and frozen Action, and finally, comparing the main parts of the camera and the human eye. I may ask you a small question that makes you think back to what you did for film and paper development too, but this will just involve “using your head”, not studying!

Here are a few typical questions you might see on the final quiz. Try them as you study, and you can ask me to check your answers just before the quiz.

(Ignore the numbering and marks – they’re cobbled together from several old quizzes)

1. What are the two main ways you can control exposure in a given amount of light and film speed?

2. Why might someone choose a fast or a slow shutter speed?

This one isn’t part of “exposure”; it just makes you think about the process of developing film, and trouble shooting a typical problem. Think back: does exposed, developed film go clear or black? (that’s right, black!)

3. (1) You develop your precious film, and aaaarrrrrgh!, the film comes out totally clear except for the first few inches, which turned black. Which of the following is the likely cause?

a) The developer solution was bad so nothing developed

b) The light meter was bad, causing you to overexpose

c) When you opened the camera, the film hadn’t been rewound back into the cartridge

d) The film slipped on the sprockets, so instead of advancing properly it just stayed in the cartridge

e) You had the wrong ISO setting

4. (2 ) Depth of Field means __________________________________

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5. (1) The F-stop that gives you the deepest depth of field is:

a) 1.8 b) 2.8 c) 8 d) 16

6. (1) The F-stop that you’d likely use in bright sunlight is:

a) 1.8 b) 2.8 c) 8 d) 16

7. (1) You want a well exposed indoor shot with deep depth of field. Something that would help would be:

a) Turning lots of lights on

b) Increasing the shutter speed

c) Going to a lower F-stop

d) Using lower ISO film

What shutter speed would you typically use for a panning blur?

What’s the main plus and minus about using a high ISO setting or film?

For these situations, list all the appropriate camera settings on a digital camera that allows manual settings, extra equipment you’d use and actions you’d take:

You’re chasing the mythical Sasquatch through the dimly-lit rainforest in B.C., hoping to snap any photo at all that proves their existence and what they look like.

You’re outside on a well-lit day, and want to catch an action shot of your little sister blowing bubbles, with her in focus but the background blurred.

You're inside a lion’s den, armed only with a camera, trying to get a good shot of a hungry lion sleeping, hoping not to be eaten. (What were you thinking?!!)