Photography Settings
shutter speed and random
hard random questions
Rulez
aperture
100

This is the opening allowing light into the camera. It is often measured in f/stops.

What is Aperture?

100

what is the abbreviation for shutter priority mode on a canon dslr? (two letters, mode dial)

TV

100

spell the name of this class

p h o t o g r a p h y

100

This rule suggests that you divide your image into a grid with two horizontal lines and two vertical lines, creating nine equal sections.

the rule of thirds

100

Would I make the aperture # larger or smaller to let in more light? (hint: aperture = f/stop)

smaller

200

This controls how long the camera is recording light

What is shutter speed?

200

what does dslr stand for?

Digital Single-Lens Reflex

200

guess how many jelly beans are in this jar

sure

200


What is Frame within a frame / framing

200

Which f/stop has the larger aperture? (opening)

f/22 or f/2.8

f/2.8

300

This controls how sensitive the camera is to light

What is ISO?

300

what is the only food that does not expire or go bad?

honey

300

why does waldo have stripes on his shirt?


he does not want to be spotted.

300

_________ _________ are visual paths in a photo that naturally draw the viewer’s eye toward the subject. 

leading lines

300

Which f/stop has the smaller aperture? (opening)

f/22 or f/5.6?

f/22 

400

This is what ISO Stands for

What is the International Organization for Standardization or it means nothing

400

set up the camera for a frozen motion photograph.

you have 60 seconds.

fast shutter speed, burst mode, aperture priority

400

tell me the names of 5 people in this class

...

400

The idea here is that an ____ number of subjects in a photo (like 3, 5, or 7) looks more natural and visually interesting than an even number.

rule of odds

400

set up the camera to take a focused shallow depth of field image.

you have 60 seconds.

large aperture (f/ between 2-8) camera in auto focus, aperture priority mode.

500

how would you capture the image below (what settings do you want your camera in?)

what is a lonnnnggggg shutter speed, low iso, neutral density filter, small aperture (f/15 or lower)

500

set up the camera for a blurred motion photograph.

you have 60 seconds.

long shutter speed, manual focus, shutter priority mode

500

lewis hines used a shallow depth of field to photograph factory working children next to the machinery they worked on. by showing the figures in focus against these abstract large machines, hines exposted the reality of millions of kids. these images are largely credited with being a motivator for ending child labor. 


what is one other social, political, or cultural movement that was aided or inhibited by photography? (does not need to be an issue that was "cured" by photography)

civil rights, the war in vietnam, starvation in africa, the dust bowl and farming subsidies act, any war, any political rallying adjacent activity etc...

500

__________ happens when both sides of an image mirror or balance each other, creating harmony and order.

Symmetry

500

set up the camera to take a focused deep depth of field image.

you have 60 seconds.

small aperture (f/ between 10-22) camera in auto focus, aperture priority mode.