Photography Vocab Quiz

Fill in the blank: The opening in a photographic lens that admits light is called the ________. The shutter speed determines how long light hits the camera’s sensor. The ________ determines how much light gets through.

• Aperture

• Shutter

• Sensor

• Lens Cap

Fill in the blank: An action photo that tells a story or captures a moment is called a ________ photo. With the exception of group pictures or individual mug shots, yearbook photos are ________ photos.

• Candid

• Staged

• Portrait

• Still

Fill in the blank: The subject of a photo is called the ________.

• Center of Interest

• Exposure

• Aperture

• Shutter Speed

Fill in the blank: Marking a photo to indicate which area of the picture you would like to reproduce in the yearbook is called ________.

• Cropping

• Framing

• Highlighting

• Masking

Fill in the blank: The largest, most dynamic photo on a spread is called the ________ photo. Typically, it is two to two-and-a-half times larger than any other photo on the spread.

• Dominant

• Feature

• Spotlight

• Anchor

Fill in the blank: The distance in front and behind the subject of a photo that is in acceptable focus is called ________.

• Depth of Field

• Focal Length

• Aperture

• Shutter Speed

Fill in the blank: To walk around looking for interesting candid subjects to shoot is called ________ photography.

• Enterprise

• Still life

• Portrait

• Architectural

Fill in the blank: To surround or frame the center of interest with another object to attract the audience’s attention to the primary subject of the photo is called ________.

• Framing

• Cropping

• Zooming

• Balancing

Fill in the blank: The number that indicates the camera’s sensitivity to light is called ________. The higher the number, the less light you need, but the noisier (grainier) the photograph looks.

• ISO

• Aperture

• Shutter Speed

• White Balance

Fill in the blank: Lines the eye follows in a photograph, particularly lines running from the foreground to the background, are called ________ lines.

• Leading

• Parallel

• Curved

• Horizontal