Basic Photography and Camera Operation Test

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- Basic Photography and Camera Operation Test

- September 20, 2020

  • You'll have 15 minutes to take the test.
  • Make sure to enter:
    • Your name
    • Your email address
    •  Your Phone number - OPTIONAL -  (Leave your phone number only if you'd like a free phone consultation with Sam about how you may improve your photography. )
  • Don't forget to hit the "Submit Quiz" button.
  • Leave any comments or questions about the test in the "Leave a Reply" area at the bottom of the page.
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1. If you left your phone number for the free phone consultation with Sam about how you may improve your photography, what's the best time for Sam to call you?
2. In terms of the raw material a crafts-person works with:
1. A potter works with clay.
2. A chef works with food.
3. A carpenter works with wood.
4. A photographer works with? (pick one)
3. The characteristic of light that describes the brightness of light is?
4. What is light sensitive material?
5. What focuses light onto light sensitive material ?
6. Which focal length describes the widest angle of view?
7. What is an aperture?
8. Aperture is also known as?
9. What is exposure?
10. In terms of your camera equipment and functions, what controls exposure only?
11. Which aperture provides the most exposure?
12. Which ISO provides the most exposure?
13. Which shutter speed provides the most exposure?
14. An increase in exposure will?
15. A one stop decrease in exposure from f-11 is?
16. A one stop increase in exposure from 1/250 second is?
17. ISO is?
18. A decrease in the ISO number will?
19. A one stop increase in light sensitivity from ISO 200 is?
20. Metering is?
21. Which metering pattern/metering mode does not use the entire camera viewfinder/frame and offers the smallest area of influence?
22. Which aperture provides the most/deepest depth of field?
23. How does distance focused control depth of field?
24. Which shutter speed will more likely blur motion in a photograph?
25. Assuming a lens/camera without vibration reduction/image stabilization, If using an 28mm focal length lens, which shutter speed will cause camera shake/picture blurriness due to hand-holding the camera while making an exposure?
26. Which ISO setting will result in the least amount of noise?
27. When acquiring a standard exposure through metering, whatever was influencing your meter will appear as a?
28. The brightness/intensity of the pop-up flash on your camera can usually be controlled with a setting on your camera.
29. In order for flash to be effective, not to bright or too dark, the flash to subject distance must be considered as well as ISO and aperture.
30. White balance settings provide a way to control how the color of a transmitting light source, (daylight, light bulbs, etc.), and the color of the things that the transmitting light source effect appear in a photograph.
31. Which of these image/file types are not processed, not compressed and will have the largest pixel dimensions?
32. Which of these image/file types are proprietary and must be converted to a universally usable image/file type before being printed.
33. The higher the image compression the lower the quality of the image.
34. The lower the image compression the larger the file size of the photograph in terms of megabytes.
35. In terms of image resolution, megapixels describes the number of pixels on a digital sensor and is calculated by multiplying the number of pixels along the length of the sensor by the number of pixels along the height of the sensor.
36. The higher the megapixel value the lower the resolution.
37. As image/picture resolution increases, so does the possible maximum size image you can produce.

- Basic Photography and Camera Operation Test

- September 20, 2020

  • You'll have 15 minutes to take the test.
  • Make sure to enter:
    • Your name
    • Your email address
    •  Your Phone number - OPTIONAL -  (Leave your phone number only if you'd like a free phone consultation with Sam about how you may improve your photography. )
  • Don't forget to hit the "Submit Quiz" button.
  • Leave any comments or questions about the test in the "Leave a Reply" area at the bottom of the page.
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18 thoughts on “Basic Photography and Camera Operation Test”

  2. samdamico-admin

    Hello Christy,
    Thank you for your interest in my photography classes.

    While I feel that I can help you in terms of refreshing your lack of memory on photography and using a digital camera, I may fall short in terms of photo editing software such as Lightroom.

    While I’m inclined to suggest the Introduction to Photography class, https://samdamico.com/introduction-photography-washington-dc-photography-class/,can you please give me a call at 202-531-2344 so we can determine, via discussion, if I can be of assistance to you.

    As you requested, here’s a couple of links related to courses and pricing:
    https://samdamico.com/washington-dc-photography-classes-courses-lessons-offered-sam-damico-overview/
    https://samdamico.com/upcoming-photography-classes-washington-dc/

    Best Regards,

    Sam

    Reply
  3. CJ Johnson

    Thank you for the quiz. I appreciate knowing what I could study to increase my knowledge. I found that a few items I have the practical understanding, but not the written. Knowing this will allows me to improve the written knowledge so that I may speak with increased accuracy.

    Reply
  4. Sarel Kromer

    Dear Sam,
    Debby Shipler recommended I take your course, and I just signed for one starting in April.
    I would really appreciate your feedback on this, and look forward to learning from you.
    Sarel Kromer

    Reply
  5. Debby

    Please change the answer to #1 to the first option – I was about to do that when I timed out of the test.

    We spoke on the phone about the Friday Intermediate daytime class. I am the one who has taken 2 of your short classes – one on exposure, and one on white balance. I am planning on registering for the class. I would appreciate it if you would contact me regarding the results of the test.

    Thanks –

    Reply
  7. Andrew Lee

    Hi,

    I’ve been shooting for nearly 10-years on and off and love capturing weddings and events, with a dash of portraits. I am most interested in better manipulating studio light and working on my composition. Hopefully composition and enhancing my eye are skills you can help me with.

    Reply
  9. Jim Lewis

    My last formal photography instruction was many years ago in college, well before digital was commonly available — a solid b&w photo/darkroom class taught by a seasoned pro. I was also trained as a filmmaker, so I understand exposure and composition, and my work isn’t too bad… simply would like it to be better. I scored a little shy of your requisite 80% on the test, mainly on the technical terminology and digital q’s, but I believe I would keep up in your Intermediate class — the Basics class is TOO basic. Can I register for the Intermediate class, or would you Ike me to study some other sources in order to get the “fuzzy” areas a bit clearer?

    Reply
    1. samdamico-admin

      Jim,

      Please do not register for the Intermediate class.

      Can you please give a call at 202-531-2344?

      I’d like to speak with you so we can determine how to proceed.

      Sam

      Thank you.

      Reply
  10. Michaela

    I’d like to do the test Basic Photography because I thinking to do class Intermediate Photography. Many thanks, Michaela.

    Reply

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