Photography Basics

The ISO tells you...

• A) How expensive the camera is.

• B) How many exposures you can make.

• C) How sensitive the camera sensor is to light.

The higher the ISO setting, the more likely your photograph will have "noise", or "grain".

• True

• False

Which f stop will give you greater depth of field?

• A) f/2.8

• B) f/8

• C) f/16

• D) f/5.6

5. What is aperture?

• A) The distance between the camera and the subject.

• B) The size of the iris which controls the amount of light entering the camera.

• C) A measurement of sensitivity to light.

• D) The speed of the shutter which controls the amount of light entering the camera.

The three most important settings for exposing an image with a camera are...

• A) Auto-focus, ISO, and Flash.

• B) ISO, Manual Focus, and White Balance.

• C) Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO.

• D) Depth of field, Aperture, and Shutter Speed.

What might you do in low light situations to get a better exposure?

• A) Decrease the ISO.

• B) Increase the shutter speed.

• C) Open the aperture.

• D) Give up.

A fast shutter speed is use to...

• A) Make a picture look blurry.

• B) Make the scene look like it is frozen in time.

• C) Make a picture look like it is in motion.

ISO 100 is ____ sensitive to light than ISO 800.

• A) 3 stops more

• B) 3 stops less

• C) 2.5 stops more

• E) 4 stops less

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 phone camera is...

• ...the DSLR has a removable lens

• ...the phone camera fakes a shallow depth of field with a portrait filter

• ...the phone camera makes a fake shutter sound

• ...all of the above