Question Set 3

You will find the answers to these questions in your assignment materials plus information studied in class either in demonstrations or in class video presentations.  Some can be found by looking to the CD material we have in class for you to review.

1.  What is another name for intensity of light?

2. What is neutral gray and what is the difference between a negative and a print for this shade of gray?

3. If we photograph snow and aim our light meter at the snow what will happen to the snow on a final print?

4.  If the sun is out and there are no clouds and our subject is in the sun what type of light do we have -- hard or soft?

5. Which type of light is used to eliminate texture on a subject and emphasize detail?

6. What type of light do we get when we use an umbrella on a strobe?  hard or soft

7.  What is brightness range and why is this important to a photogapher?  (find this near the end of light reading ---read it all first)

8.  What will have to happen to a 2    1/4 inch square negative from 120 size film to make a 5x7 size print?

9. What are some of the reasons we might want to crop a photo?

10. What are some disadvantages of cropping?

11. What does panning do to the subject in relation to the background of a moving subject?

12. What is the ideal size for a portrait lens?  Why is this  helpful?

13. How will a picture taken  at a low shutter speed if you are close to a subject in motion be different from the same subject with a faster shutter speed?

14. If you can not use a flash what can you do to get pictures under low light level? 

15. What are the most important things to remember in getting action shots of a sports event?

16. What type of lighting is used to make a thin or long face appear wider?  (look at tutor in light section for help)

17. What type of  light meter is used in a camera -- a reflected light meter or an incident light meter (hint in tutor / exposure)?

18. What would be one way to use the camera light meter with a very bright background? (hint in tutor in light section)

19. If you make a mistake and over expose your film, what will the negatives look like?  (hint in tutor in film section )

20. Under what circumstances is a model release NOT necessary?  (hint in tutor under legal)