APERTURE
SHUTTER SPEED
ISO
Exposure
LIGHTROOM
GENERAL PHOTO QUESTIONS
100

Aperture is measured by a set of numbers on the camera. What are these called?

F stop numbers

100

Shutter speed is about capturing ___________ or lack thereof

Movement

100

Where is the ISO button located?

Top right of camera

100

What does exposure on your camera control 

How light or how dark your image is 

100

Editing happens in the ___________ tab (located at the top of your screen)

Develop

100

The first functioning “camera” was called the _______________ 

Hint: (we made them in class)

Camera obscura

200

What does the aperture control?

Depth of field 

200

This is the mode you flip to when you want to prioritize shutter speed

TV

200

This is the program you flip to when you want to prioritize ISO

P - Program mode

200

To take a photo of a silhouette, you need to do what to the exposure

turn it down

200

To make the shadows darker and the highlights lighter, you need to turn up the...

Contrast

200

______________was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He was one of the most famous photographers of all time.

Ansel Adams

300

When shooting something with a low aperture its best to be ___________ from your subject. 

Close

300

What does it mean when numbers in the viewfinder blink after setting a shutter speed? 

Its warning you your photo will come out incorrectly. 

300

What weather works best with a low ISO

Sunny, bright weather

300

What are the three options for our upcoming exposure project?

Silhouette, macro shots and landscape 

300

What are the three options under the eraser tab in lightroom (all can be used to erase something in an image)

"Erase" is not an answer

Remove, heal, clone

300

A compositional technique in photography that guides the viewer's eye to the main subject of a photo. __________________ 

Hint: (was one of the topics in our scavenger hunt series)

Leading Lines

400

You are trying to capture an up close image of a mushroom while keeping the background blurry. To best do so, you need a ______ f number to portray a ________ depth of field. 

Small, small
400

To create a light painting you need a _______ environment and a _________shutter speed

Dark and slow

400

High ISO works best with a  ________ shutter speed and in ______ light

Fast …. Low

400

What button do you press on your camera to change the exposure?

400

Your original photo came out blurry, name one of the editing tools you can use to help your photo become less blurry.

  1. Denoise

  2. Texture 

  3. Clarity 

  4. Dehaze 

  5. SHARPENING (amount, radius and detail)

400

In class we use what kind of camera. (not the model or the brand)

_________________________

HINT: 

Its 4 letter abbreviation  


DSLR

500

The larger the APERTURE OPENING, the ____________ the f number.

Smaller

500

_______________is when you move the camera with the object, allowing the subject to stay clear while the background is blurry.

Tracking

500

What is the slight drop in quality called when using a high ISO?

Noise

500

What are the highest and lowest ranges on the exposure dial in your camera

+2 and -2

500

To edit select designated areas of a photo while leaving the other areas of the photo untouched what effect do you apply? 

A mask

500

Name one of the the “baths” we dipped our prints into during our dark room unit

Developer, Fixer, Stop bath 
600

What is one F stop you would use to capture a deep depth of field (2 answers accepted)

F20 or F22

600

Name a shutter speed that would be good to capture a moving object in mid air (1/____)

1/4000 sec to 1/500

600

What is the highest ISO your cameras can reach? (I will accept top 2 answers)

12800 and 6400

600

You camera automatically tries to maintain a _____% grey

18

600

What tab do you open to turn on/ check things such as the shutter speed, ISO and apertures.

Metadata tab 

600

Who was the photographer that inspired our “family heritage” series

Thomas Allen Harris