Photography Basics

When photography began, scientists had to ____ sheets of coated metal to a scene for hours.

• take

• expose

• match

• share

___________ is commonly shortened to DSLR cameras.

• Digital shot-lens restored cameras

• Digital single-lens related cameras

• Digital shot lens reflex cameras

• Digital single-lens reflex cameras

Megapixels is a measurement of the ____ the camera can capture.

• shots

• light

• resolution

• quality

The most common lens for a photographer to own is the _____.

• 50-millimeter lens

• 50-megapixel lens

• 500-millimeter lens

• 5 megapixel

Memory cards have replaced film.

• True

• False

Exposure is the measurement of the amount of light hitting the camera ____.

• sensor

• lens

• aperture

• mode

_____ is the sensitivity to light for the film or the sensor.

• Aperture

• Exposure

• ISO

• Shutter

Aperture is the measurement of how open or closed the iris of the lens is.

• True

• False

The _____ is always what controls the ambient lighting when you are taking photos with the flash.

• exposure

• aperture

• shutter speed

• flash

The ___ line is the line where the sky appears to meet the ground.

• vertical

• color

• visible

• horizon