Understanding Exposure, Chapter 1: Defining Exposure
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Tests a reader's comprehension of Chapter 1 of the book "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson.
- 1.What is meant by the word "exposure"?
- A.
One photo that's been taken
- B.
A print
- C.
The amount of light that falls on your film or sensor
- D.
The act of allowing light to hit your film or sensor
- E.
All of the above
- 2.Your light meter looks like this:[-2...-1...0..+1..+2]but what is it for?
- A.
It tells you if your manual settings are right or not
- B.
It tells you how much light there is in your scene
- C.
It should always show "0" or your photos won't come out
- D.
It tells you how light or dark your photo will be if you use the current settings. Positive numbers mean the photo will come out brighter than they would at "0".
- E.
It tells you how light or dark your photo will be if you use the current settings. Positive numbers mean the photo will come out darker than they would at "0".
- 3.When you set your shutter speed so the camera shows "500", what does that actually mean?
- A.
500 seconds
- B.
.500 seconds
- C.
1/500 seconds
- D.
500 micro-seconds
- 4.You're trying to take a photo of moving cars so that the headlights and taillights get blurred into streaks of red and white light. What setting is most important in this situation?
- A.
Aperture
- B.
Shutter speed
- C.
ISO
- D.
Focal length
- 5.You want to take a photo that will capture both your kids and Niagara Falls in the distance and have them both be in-focus. Assuming the following combinations would all give you "correct exposure", which settings would give you the "creatively correct exposure"?
- A.
F/4, 1/250, ISO 400
- B.
F/8, 1/250, ISO 1600
- C.
F/4, 1/125, ISO 200
- D.
F/8, 1/500, ISO 800
- E.
F/16, 1/125, ISO 800
- 6.You're taking a seascape photo at dusk and you want to use f/8 at a minimum shutter speed of 1/60, but taking a photo with those settings give you a photo that's too dark, what can you do?
- A.
Increase your aperture
- B.
Increase your shutter speed
- C.
Increase your ISO
- D.
Use flash
- 7.You have a field of flowers, how do you single one flower out of the bunch?
- A.
Use a shallow depth of field by choosing an aperture of f/4
- B.
Use a shallow depth of field by choosing an aperture of f/16
- C.
Use a shallow depth of field by choosing a shutter speed that's at least one over the reciprocal of your focal length
- D.
Use a shallow depth of field by choosing an ISO of 100
- E.
Use a shallow depth of field by choosing an ISO of 800
- 8.What is a "creatively correct exposure"?
- A.
The one combination of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO that give you correct exposure
- B.
When your light meter gives you "0" and it comes out as light or dark as you intended it
- C.
When your light meter does not give you "0", but it comes out as you intended anyway (due to overly light or dark subjects or backgrounds)
- D.
One of the many possible combinations of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO that gives you both correct exposure and the depth of field and/or motion blur that you intended
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