History of Photography
Louis Daguerre invented this photographic process.
What is the Daguerrotype
What does the ISO tell you?
What is the camera's sensor sensitivity to light
The 4 key characteristics of light are...
What is intensity, quality, direction, color temperature
What does DSLR stand for?
What is a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera
What are the five classroom rules and expectations?
What are: 1. No talking when others are talking.
2. Treat others with the same respect you want to be treated.
3. Cellphones are to be put away in class.
4. No food or drinks are allowed inside of the classroom.
5. Bathroom passes will be given only after the first and last 10 minutes of class
What year was the first digital camera invented?
What is 1975
What is the aperture of a camera?
What is the size of the iris which controls the amount of light entering the camera.
Color temperature is measure in...
What is the Kelvin Scale
Photographers typically refer to the available light of the scene as...
What is ambient light
True or false: A higher depth of field is caused by a wide open aperture.
What is false
How long of an exposure did it take to capture the first image in human history?
What is 8 hours
The three primary settings for creating an exposure are...
What is the aperture, shutter speed and ISO
What is the rule of reflection?
What is the angle of incidence is equal to the angel of reflection or vice versa
Camera Obscura stands for...
What is dark chamber
Fill in the blank: The bigger the f/stop number the ____________ the aperture
What is smaller
Who is credited with making the first photograph in history?
Who is Joseph Niepce
A fast shutter speed is used to...
What is freeze an image in time
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ the subject is to a light source the more intense the light appears on the subject.
What is closer
What is a key characteristic of hard light?
a) non-directional
b) diffusion
c) casts strong and defined shadows
d) creates smooth gradual transitions from light to dark
What is c) casts strong and defined shadows
Fill in the blank: Using the Kelvin Scale one can infer that the higher the number on the scale the _______ and the lower the number on the scale the _______ the temperature of the light.
What is cooler, warmer
One of the earliest forms of photography was invented by a man named William Talbot. What did he call his invention?
What is the calotype
If a particular scene is over exposed, which of these is a photographer most likely to do in order to get a balanced exposure?
a) slow down the shutter speed from 1/125 to 1/30
b) change the aperture from f/5.6 to f/4
c) change the ISO setting from 800 to 400
d) give up
What is c) change the ISO setting from 800 to 400
Smooth gradual transitions from light to dark are cause by what type of light?
What is soft light
The term used to suggest that an image is to dark is...
What is underexposed
ISO 3200 is how many stops more sensitive to light than ISO 200?
What is 4 stops more sensitive