Basic Photography Course

ASSIGNMENT 4

Textbook Assignment:

"Basic Photographic Techniques."

Pages 5-1 through 5-37.

Learning Objective:

Identify

general guidelines used in
holding cameras steady.

4-1.

What is the best way to support

a camera?

By using a tripod

By handholding it

By holding it against
a building

By using a neck strap

4-2.

Under normal circumstances, you

should NOT handhold a camera at
shutter speeds that exceed what
exposure time?

1/500 sec

1/250 sec

1/125 sec

1/60 sec

4-3.

Holding the camera steady is most
critical when using what focal-
length lens?

35mm

50mm

100mm

200mm

4-4.

When handholding a camera with a

250mm focal-length lens, you should
use which of the following shutter
speeds?

1/250 sec

1/125 sec

1/60 sec

1/30 sec

4-5.

What method(s) is/arc used

to prevent camera shake?

Locking the mirror

up on an SLR camera

A tripod

A cable release

Each of the above

4-6.

To obtain high-quality photographs,
you must always use a tripod.

True

False

4-7.

The use of a monopod is NOT

recommended below what shutter

speed?

1/15 sec

1/30 sec

1/60 sec

1/125 sec

Learning Objective:

Identify

elements of photographic
composition.

4-8.

For photographers to be creative,

they must have which of the follow-
ing attributes?

An ability to select state
of the art equipment

An ability to handhold the
camera at slow shutter speeds

An ability to see what the
camera sees

An ability to selectively see
only important details within
a scene

4-9.

Photographic composition can be
improved by which of the following

methods?

By looking all around within
the viewfinder

By practice only

By analyzing photographs
used in various medias

All of the above

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