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What is the most difficult classification of photojournalism to capture on film?
Spontaneous news event
T or F: A human-interest photo usually contains something positive in order to balance the
mostly negative news in the remainder of the newspaper True
T or False: An example of a photo illustration would be a photograph of last nights' four-alarm
house fire False
A photograph of the President throwing out the first pitch at game one is an example of which
classification of photojournalism? A planned news event, a human interest photo
T or F: A police scanner would be a necessity for a photojournalist assigned to capture human-
interest photos False
T or F: An example of a human-interest photo would be of a thousand hungry Afgan orphaned
children. False
T or F: An example of a planned news event would be a photograph of the path of destruction
from yesterday's killer tornado True
An image of a scene recorded on film that only becomes visible to the human eye after
development is called a latent image
Dark areas of a scene which appear light in the negative and dark again in the print are called
shadows
, The ability of a film to handle a range of light intensities from darkest to lightest is called
film speed
T or F: The average scene contains FIVE f-stops of light intensity false
When a photographer shoots three or more photographs of a scene all at different exposures it
is called bracketing
T or F: The higher a film's speed, the greater that film's exposure latitude. true
T or F: An incident light meter measures the amount of light reflected off a subject True
T or F: Most cameras have an incident meter built in to them True
When shooting a photograph that contains people, there are several things you can do to make
sure you get the proper exposure. What's not one? Taking a general reading and dividing
by 5 f-stops
T or F: When photographing a beach or snow scene, take a meter reading then reduce the
exposure by one or two f-stops. False
What is the main advantage of thyristor circuitry in an electronic flash? Faster recycling
times between shots
What flash term means that the camera and flash communicate electronically?
Dedicated flash
What's the first and most important step to do before using an external modern electronic
flash? Set the film speed in use on the flash
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What is the most difficult classification of photojournalism to capture on film?
Spontaneous news event
T or F: A human-interest photo usually contains something positive in order to balance the
mostly negative news in the remainder of the newspaper True
T or False: An example of a photo illustration would be a photograph of last nights' four-alarm
house fire False
A photograph of the President throwing out the first pitch at game one is an example of which
classification of photojournalism? A planned news event, a human interest photo
T or F: A police scanner would be a necessity for a photojournalist assigned to capture human-
interest photos False
T or F: An example of a human-interest photo would be of a thousand hungry Afgan orphaned
children. False
T or F: An example of a planned news event would be a photograph of the path of destruction
from yesterday's killer tornado True
An image of a scene recorded on film that only becomes visible to the human eye after
development is called a latent image
Dark areas of a scene which appear light in the negative and dark again in the print are called
shadows
, The ability of a film to handle a range of light intensities from darkest to lightest is called
film speed
T or F: The average scene contains FIVE f-stops of light intensity false
When a photographer shoots three or more photographs of a scene all at different exposures it
is called bracketing
T or F: The higher a film's speed, the greater that film's exposure latitude. true
T or F: An incident light meter measures the amount of light reflected off a subject True
T or F: Most cameras have an incident meter built in to them True
When shooting a photograph that contains people, there are several things you can do to make
sure you get the proper exposure. What's not one? Taking a general reading and dividing
by 5 f-stops
T or F: When photographing a beach or snow scene, take a meter reading then reduce the
exposure by one or two f-stops. False
What is the main advantage of thyristor circuitry in an electronic flash? Faster recycling
times between shots
What flash term means that the camera and flash communicate electronically?
Dedicated flash
What's the first and most important step to do before using an external modern electronic
flash? Set the film speed in use on the flash
