Photography Basics

What photography genre shows people?

• Landscape

• Portrait

• Abstract

• Still Life

The three pillars of camera settings are...

• ...exposure, white balance, and ISO

• ...depth of field, exposure, and flash

• ...aperture, portrait, and focus

• ... shutter speed, aperture, and ISO

One of the differences between a DSLR camera and a point-and-shoot camera is...

• ...the DSLR has a removable lens

• ...the point-and-shoot is smaller and cheaper

• ...the point-and-shoot makes a fake shutter sound

• ...all of the above

· The placing of the material in the frame.

• background

• subject

• compostition

• frame

· The placing of the material in the frame.

• background

• subject

• compostition

• frame

You divide the picture into 2 vertical lines and 2 horizontal lines creating 3rds.

• Background

• composition

• rule of thirds

• included

How the subject is placed or shown.

• treatment

• subject

• background

• rule of thirds

All pictures have two key elements.

• subject and frame

• subject and treatment

• subject and composition

• subject and class

Name 3 ways to deal with backgrounds.

• open, closed, missing

• open, closed blurred

• blurry, in focus, and missing

• included, excluded, and simplified

Which one of these shutter speeds is best for photographing a cityscape at night?

• A) 1/2000

• B) 1/15

• C) Bulb

• D) 1/125