Photography Certification

Photography Certification

Copal is a type of ___________ .

a. lens

b. camera

c. flash

d. shutter

Using a longer lens will __________ .

a. make the subject smaller in the Frame.

b. exaggerate the features of the subject.

c. compress the features of the subject.

d. show more of the background In the frame.

What problem can you often have when a subject is backlit?

a. Underexposed subjects

b. Blurry photos

c. Oversaturated subjects 

d. Overexposed subjects

Bracketing is a term used to describe __________ .

a. shooting multiple images to make a panorama.

b. shooting multiple exposures of the same image.

c. shooting multiple angles of a subject.

d. None of the above

The inverse square law is used in reference to _____________ .

a. the depth of the field.

b. shutter speed settings.

c. the intensity of light that reaches a subject.

d. aperture settings.

In order to prevent red eye that often happens in flash photography, it is best to __________ .

a. move your light off the camera axis

b. shoot in a darkened room

c. use a ring light

d. set the flash to a lower power setting

A shutter speed of ½ of a second or longer should be used when hand holding a camera.

a. True

b. False

A reversal film is also referred to as a ___________ .

a. negative film.

b. slide or transparency film.

c. black and white film.

d. lithographic film.

Flash or strobe is considered an artificial light.

a. True

b. False

Using a larger aperture will result in __________ .

a. more depth of field.

b. longer exposures.

c. less depth of field.

d. all of the above.

Extension tubes will change __________ .

a. the number of apertures on a lens.

b. the focal length of a lens.

c. the number of glass elements a lens has.

d. how close to a subject a lens can focus.

The “circle of confusion” is a term related to determining the __________ .

a. angle of view

b. shutter speed setting

c. maximum aperture

d. depth of the field

If you change your shutter speed from 1/60 to 1/250, you need to change your aperture from f11 to __________ to keep your exposure the same.

a. f2.8

b. f16

c. f1.4

d. f5.6

Chromatic aberration is the inability of a lens to focus __________ on a single point.

a. gradations

b. edges

c. images

d. colors

What might you do to add drama and interest to an image taken in snow?

a. Find a source of bright color

b. Move the subject into some shade

c. Shoot mainly in the middle of the day

d. Place your subject between the sun and yourself

A candid approach to wedding Photography can also be called the photojournalistic style.

a. True

b. False

Where is the final image in a digital camera stored?

a. In the buffer

b. In the acetate

c. In the memory card or stick

d. In the CCD

The higher the f-stop number, the more the light allowed into the camera.

a. True

b. False

What does “Framing” an image refer to?

a. Following the rule of thirds

b. Positioning of the subject in relation to other image elements

c. Centering the subject in the frame

d. Adding lights to the subject

Images saved as jpegs are saved with lossless compression.

a. True

b. False

The coatings on a lens are designed to increase image quality by __________

a. polarizing the light

b. reducing reflections from the surface of the glass

c. reducing the amount of blue light

d. redirecting the light in uniform wavelengths

Fake walls used on Photography sets are often referred to as __________ .

a. screens

b. scrims

c. gobos

d. flats

Incident light meters work by reading the light that reflects off of a subject.

a. True

b. False

Images produced by digital cameras are __________ .

a. vector based

b. halftone

c. duotone

d. raster based

The features called swing and tilt are available on most high end 35mm and equivalent digital cameras.

a. True

b. False

Another name for a medium format camera would be __________ .

a. 6x6

b. 120 mm

c. 6x7

d. Any of the three

Aerial perspective is __________.

a. shooting from a high vantage point

b. shooting p from a low vantage point

c. the effect of atmosphere on distant subjects

d. shooting from a plane

Diffused light is created in a photo studio through the use of screens and large light sources.

a. True

b. False

On the color wheel, colors are considered complementary when they are __________.

a. opposite to each other on the wheel

b. next to each other on the wheel

c. similar in hue and saturation

d. always in contrast

The step pattern seen on an enlarged digital photographic image is called __________.

a. Vectorization

b. Aliasing

c. Axis lines

d. Anti-aliased

A prime lens is also called a __________.

a. zoom lens

b. telephoto lens

c. fixed focal length lens

d. wide angle lens

Light not created by a photographer is called __________ light.

a. artificial

b. ambient

c. overhead

d. diffused

Light travels in a straight line until it is __________

a. refracted

b. curved

c. reflected

d. refracted or curved

A “catchlight” is __________

a. a highlight in a subject’s eye

b. the main light

c. the fill light

d. red eye

Moire is caused when there is an interaction between __________ in a subject and the pixels that make up the digital image.

a. colors

b. curves

c. patterns

d. skin tones

A butterfly is a name for __________.

a. an A clamp

b. a grid for a soft box

c. a light stand with a boom arm

d. a large diffusion frame and fabric

If an image is overexposed, which of the following would most likely be the cause?

a. Shooting at the aperture setting of 5.6

b. Moving to a higher aperture number

c. Shooting at a shutter speed of 1/125

d. Moving to a lower aperture number

RAW means that when an image is saved to the camera’s memory, it is saved __________ .

a. is saved as a JPEG and a TIFF

b. is saved as a TIFF with lossless compression

c. remains unprocessed by the camera software

d. is saved as a TIFF without compression