first lecture

2. The Box

3. The Box

4. 1. What is the meaning of the term:
camera obscura?
a. Dark room
b. Dark camera
c. Gray box
d. Obscure exposure

5. 2. In theory, a camera must really only have
two parts to function. Which two are
“essential”?
a. pentaprism
b. Body
c. lens
d. tripod socket

6. 3. For portraits, it is best to take photos in
the middle of the day with bright sun.
True or False

7. 4. What does “SLR” stand for?
a. Single lens reflex
b. Simple light recorder
c. Standard lens refractor

8. 5. What part of an SLR camera causes
the image to appear right side up
through the viewfinder?
a. Pentaprism
b. Aperture ring
c. Focal plane shutter

9. 6. Your camera meter tries to average
your exposure based on what
constant standard of exposure?
a. Absolute white point
b. Skin tone
c. 18% gray
d. 25% black

10. 7. Which ISO is most sensitive to light?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 400
d. 800

11. 8. An expensive camera will always take
better photos than a cheap camera.
True or False

12. 9. Digital images are made up of tiny
elements called...
a. Cells
b. Electrolytes
c. Pixels

13. 10. What is a megapixel?
a. A really big digital photo
b. A type of digital camera
c. A million pixels

14. 11. The _____________ controls how
long light is allowed to hit the sensor.
a. Hotshoe
b. Exposure limiter
c. Aperture
d. Shutter speed

15. 12. The _____________ controls how
much light is allowed to hit the sensor.
a. Hotshoe
b. Exposure limiter
c. Aperture
d. Shutter speed

16. 13. Fill in the missing aperture.
2.8 4 5.6 ___ 11 16 22

17. 14. The larger the aperture number, the
smaller the actual opening.
True or False

18. 15. Fill in the missing shutter speed.
15th 30th 60th ____ 250th

19. 16. What is defined as...
“the distance from the foreground to the
background that is in acceptable focus”?
a. Inverse square law
b. Depth of field
c. Law of reciprocity

20. 17. When we “open up” the aperture
by one stop, the amount of light
entering the camera is...
a. Doubled
b. Tripled
c. Halved

21. 18. Shutter speed refers to...
a. How fast the camera saves the image
b. Fractions of a second the shutter is open
c. How quickly you camera focuses

22. 19. What does “B” stand for on your
shutter speeds?
a. Button
b. Bulb
c. Ball
d. Bush

23. 20. Always put your subject directly in the
center of the photograph.
True or False

24. 21. It is sometimes good to break a rule of
composition... We call that “artistic license”.
True or False

25. 22. While shooting an assignment a group of
photographers begin checking their LCD screens
and “oooohing and aaaahing” over their images.
What term describes this activity?
a. Monkeying around
b. Ape gaping
c. Chimping
d. Primating

26. 23. In the middle of a photo shoot your memory
card is almost full... What would you NOT want
to do?
a. Delete photos directly from your camera
b. Change memory card out for a new one
c. Upload the images to your laptop
d. Be more selective with your exposures

27. 24. Who shot this image.
a. Ansel Adams
b. Dorthea Lange
c. Arthur Rothstein
d. Mike Brown

28. 25. Who shot this image.
a. Ansel Adams
b. Dorthea Lange
c. Arthur Rothstein
d. Mike Brown

29. 26. Who shot this image.
a. Ansel Adams
b. Dorthea Lange
c. Arthur Rothstein
d. Mike Brown

30. 27. Who shot this image.
a. Ansel Adams
b. Dorthea Lange
c. Arthur Rothstein
d. Mike Brown