Photography Flashcards

(27 cards)

1
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what is a camera that uses a mirror system to capture an image?

A

Digital single lens reflex (DSLR)

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what is a camera designed to be easy to use with preset functions?

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Point-and-shoot

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3
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What’s the actual magnification of an image through the movement of a camera lens?

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Optical zoom

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4
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What’s the digital enlargment of an image on an image sensor through interpolation of pixels?

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Digital zoom

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5
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Whats non-posed, usually informal pictures?

A

Candid photographs

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What is the selection and arrangement of design elements within a photograph?

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Photographic composition

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Whats the element within an image on which the viewer’s eye focuses?

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Focal point

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What is the use of elements within a scene to visually surround the subject and draw attention to it?

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Framing

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9
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What in photo composition, including all wanted elements in a photo and excluding all unwanted elements?

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Cropping

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10
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What is it called when light shines from behind the camera and illuminates the front of the subject?

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Front lighting

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What is it called when light that shines from the right or left of the camera and illuminates the subject from the side ?

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Side lighting

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What is it when light shines from behind the subject towards the camera ?

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Back lighting

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Whats the effect of visual clues that make a viwer perceive an image as three-dimensional in a two-dimensional image?

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Illusion of depth

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14
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What makes items look larger and closer or smaller and farther away?

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Perspective

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15
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What measures the type of light shining on an image ?

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Color Temperature

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16
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What indicates how much of the image is in focus?

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Depth of feild

17
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What adjusts an image based upon the color temperature present when an image is photographed?

A

White balance

18
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Whats the measurement , in degrees, of the color temperature of light.

19
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What measures the rate at which a camera lens opens and closes?

A

Shutter speed

20
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What indicates the size of a camera len’s opening?

21
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whats a standardized measurement of the speed with which a camera stores an image?

22
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Whats a setting or lens that allows close-ups?

23
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Whats information about a photograph stored within the image file ?

24
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Whats a unit of measure equal to one million pixels?

25
Whats a type of wheel or dial on a camera that makes it possible to scroll through setting options by rotating?
Jog ( or mode ) Dial
26
What is principle of imposing an imaginary of nine equal spaces ( like a tic-tac-toe grid ) over a scene to be photographed?
rule of thirds
27
What are actual or suggested lines in an image that draw a viewers eye through an image in a specific direction?
Leading lines