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Photography Basics

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is aperture?

a)

A) The distance between the camera and the subject.

b)

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

c)

C) A measurement of sensitivity to light.

d)

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

2.

Which aperture is larger?

a)

A) f/2.8

b)

B) f/16

c)

C) f/22

3.

The ISO tells you...

a)

A) How expensive the camera is.

b)

B) How many exposures you can make.

c)

C) How sensitive the camera sensor is to light.

4.

Which f stop will give you greater depth of field?

a)

A) f/2.8

b)

B) f/8

c)

C) f/16

d)

D) f/5.6

5.

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

a)

A) Decrease the ISO.

b)

B) Increase the shutter speed.

c)

C) Open the aperture.

d)

D) Give up.

6.

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

a)

A) 1/2000

b)

B) 1/15

c)

C) Bulb

d)

D) 1/200

7.

A fast shutter speed is use to...

a)

A) Make a picture look blurry.

b)

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

c)

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

8.
What is the significance of this image?
a)
First Photograph
b)
Calotype
c)
Wet Plate 
d)
Surreal 
9.
What is the significance of this item?
a)
First Kodak camera
b)
First consumer camera
c)
First advertisment
d)
First camera
10.

Who is the photographer of this image?

a)

Edward Weston

b)

Edweard Muybridge

c)

Dorothea Lange

d)

Joseph Niepce

11.

Who is the photographer of this image?

a)

Moholy Nagy

b)

Edweard Muybridge

c)

Joseph Niepce

d)

Edward Weston

12.

The person to took the first permanent camera image is?

a)

Joseph Niepce

b)

Louis Daguerre

c)

Robert Cornelius

d)

George Eastman

13.
This is a small dark room, where a small hole at one end projects an image on the opposite wall.
a)
Kodak Brownie
b)
Camera Obscura
c)
Polaroid
d)
Daguerreotype
14.

He is the founder of the Kodak corporation (1888) and invented paper based film.

a)

Edweard Muybridge

b)

George Eastman

c)

Luis Daguerre

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

15.

How long was the exposure time for the first ever photographic image?

a)

8 seconds

b)

8 minutes

c)

8 hours

d)

8 days

16.

Which if these is not a step in the process of making a Daguerreotype?

a)

clean and polish the copper plate

b)

expose it in a box to an iodine vapor

c)

take the likeness

d)

load the film

17.
Photography comes from 2 words meaning?
a)
picture/drawing
b)
light/drawing
c)
drawing/color
18.

Who developed the first camera using digital electronics to capture and store images?

a)

Steven Sasson, an engineer from Kodak, in 1975

b)

Sammy Silverado, a documentary photographer in 1964

c)

Michelle Smith, an inventor, in 1922

d)

Rishka Romma, a celebrity blogger, in 2017

19.

Which if these is not a step in the process of making a Daguerreotype?

a)

clean and polish the copper plate

b)

expose it in a box to an iodine vapor

c)

take the likeness

d)

load the film

20.
Why was Louis Daguerre important to Joseph Nicephore Niepce's work?
a)
He took the world's first selfie.
b)
He figured out how to keep the images from fading away.
c)
He gave Niepce a lot of money.
d)
He developed the first ever color film.
21.

Johann Heinrich Schulze's first experiments involved silver and chalk. What happened to the chalk when mixed with silver and placed in light?

a)

turned a dark color where light touched it

b)

turned a light color where light touched it

c)

did nothing - no color are darkness change

22.

Thomas Wedgewood’s contribution to early photography experiments were not successful because image faded to black

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

The Daguerreotype is...?

a)

Not truly a black and white image

b)

Both positive and negative at the same time

c)

A negative that allows many copies