chapters 1 & 2 test

Digital Photography 2863

Test on Chapters 1 and 2

Spring 2013

1. What does the aperture do?

A. It controls how much light reaches the sensor.

B. It controls how long the shutter is open.C. It controls the depth of field.D. It controls the speed of the film.E. Both A and C.F. Both B and D.

2. What does the acronym“SLR” stand for?

3. Name at least one advantage of using an SLR instead of another type of camera.

4. What does focusing on the “hyperfocal distance” increase: angle of view or depth of field?

5. What is the primary way in which the brain judges depth in a photograph?

6. When using shutter priority mode, you set the _______ and the camera sets the appropriate _________.

7. An aperture of f/2.8 lets in:

a. twice as much lightb. half as much light

as an aperture of f/4.

8. The combination of shutter speed and aperture is called the ________.

9. The focal length of a lens affects thephotograph in what two ways?

a. Amount of light and angle of viewb. Angle of view and magnificationc. Depth of field and magnification

10. Name the two types of shutters used in digital cameras. Which type is used more commonly in DSLR’s?

11. What is a “normal lens?”

12. What type of lens is best to use in tight indoor locations?

13. In this cutaway view of an SLR with a long lens, what is the space defined by the arrow called?

14. True or False:A normal lens for a full frame or 35 mm camera is about 50mm.

15. Name at least one advantage of a normal lens.

16. True or False:

A long lens provides relatively little depth of field.

17. Which of the following lenses works best when taking portraits?

a. Medium-long lens

b. Wide angle lens

c. Long lens

d. Telephoto lens

18. What type of specialty lens was most likely used to make this photo?

19. What is the “plane of critical focus?”

20. Name at least one thing a polarizing filter can do.

21. Explain how the diaphragm of your camera lens is like a human eye.

22. True or False:The longer the lens, the more light is needed to reach the sensor and the larger the maximum aperture.

23. In this photo by Sebastiao Salgado, make an educated guess about the aperture and shutter speed used. Use the word “fast” or “slow” for shutter speed and “large” or “small” to describe the aperture opening.

24. In this photo by Lou Jones, make an educated guess about the aperture and shutter speed used.

25. Is it possible for an aperture named “f/4” to be different actual sizes on different lenses?

26. What method is most effective in changing the perspective in a photograph?

a. Changing the focal length of the lens

b. Changing the lens to distance of the closest subject

c. Changing the angle of view

27. True or False:The shorter the lens, the greater the depth of field.

28. In this close-up view of a Nikon lens, explain what the circled numbers mean.

29. True or False:29. True or False:

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30. True or False:

• A camera lens that is able to open to a very wide aperture is sometimes called a “fast lens.”

31. What type of lens was used to take all of the photos below without moving the camera?

32. True or False:

The “plane of critical focus” usually falls about 1/3 of the way back from the front of the depth of field.

33. Explain how this photo was taken.

Include focus point and length of exposure.

34. Explain how apertures and shutter speeds work together using the “bucket of light” metaphor.

35. Which option is true of this photograph? It was probably taken with a:

A. Small aperture and a slow shutter speed.

B. Large aperture and a fast shutter speed.

36. These two Canon lenses have different focal lengths. Will the aperture f/4 be the exact same size in both lenses? What does an aperture designation actually designate?

37. Name one type of lens or device commonly used for taking close-ups.

38. If you wanted to take a photo of a public building but do not want to include people in the shot, what is one way of doing it which doesn’t involve staging the photo without people in it?

39. What changes perspective: changing the focal length or changing the lens-to-subject distance?

40. True or False:

• A small aperture has a shallow depth of field and a large aperture has a deep depth of field.

41. An f/32 aperture has what size opening?

A. Large

B. Small

C. Medium

42. A lens is called “fast” because:

A. It takes very little time to focus.

B. The wide aperture allows for faster shutter speeds.

C. It can capture a greater depth of field in a longer period of time.

43. Is there a. more or b. less motion blur when a subject is moving toward

you?

44. In this photograph, was the shutter speed fast or slow?

45. “Depth of field” means:

A. How many pixels your sensor captures.

B. How much of the shot is in focus.

C. How much of a landscape appears in your shot.

D. How much of a view is seen in your viewfinder.

46. To achieve the silky quality of flowing water, what type of shutter speed should you choose: fast or slow?

47. What is the action of the camera below called?

48. What action by the photographer produced the motion blur in this

photograph?

A. Adjusting the aperture

B. Making a short exposure

C. Panning the figure

D. Changing the film speed.

49. Which of the following aperture settings was most likely used in the photo

below?

A. F/22

B. F/2.8

C. F/32

50. Which option is true of this photograph? It was probably taken with a:

A. Small aperture and a slow shutter speed.

B. Large aperture and a fast shutter speed.

Extra Credit

Section 1

Identify the photographer whose work is shown:

1 pt. each

Lee Friedlander

Annie Leibovitz

Gregory Crewdson

Jan Groover

William Christenberry

Paul Berger

James Welling

Jerry Uelsmann

Andreas Gursky

Robert Frank

Les Krims

Gregory Crewdson

William Klein

John Pfahl

Richard Avedon

Extra Credit

Section 2

Identify the photographer whose work is shown:

1 pt. each