General Photography Concepts

SHUTTER SPEED

Is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light.

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Which of the following is true about APERTURE (check as many that may apply)

• It is a hole or an opening through which light travels

• Changing the aperture settings determines the depth of field

• Measured in f-numbers (often referred to as f-stop or f-ratio)

• It is the measure of a photographic film's or digital sensors sensitivity to light.

This the measure of a photographic film's or digital sensors sensitivity to light.

• ISO

• VDI

• f.Stop

• Shutter

A FOCAL POINT is the element within an image on which the viewer’s eye is directed to

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The RULE OF THIRDS states that an image should be divided into an imaginary grid of 12 equal parts and that the focal point should be placed away from the points where the lines of the grid intersect.

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By increasing the ISO to a higher number this will happen

• Less light

• Less grain/noise

• More light

• More grain/noise

This is unit of measure equal to one million pixels (picture elements)

• Megahertz

• Megadon

• Megapixels

• MC5

Front lighting comes from behind the camera and illuminates the front of the subject, producing few or no shadows

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Photographing from a low angle makes subjects appear _________and ____________________

• Taller and wider

• smaller and less important

• bigger and more important

• Smaller and thinner

WHITE BALANCE means that the camera attempts to make white look true with the yellowness of a candle or the blue of an overcast day

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