Deck 3: Different Times of Day: Light, and Colour in Photography

Question 1

Sky appears to be blue because of:

A)radiation of light over dust particles
B)reflection of light over dust particles
C)refraction of light over dust particles
D)scattering of light over dust particles

Answer 1

scattering of light over dust particles

Question 2

Candle power is:

A)the luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle
B)the part of the light energy radiated by the sun that is received by earth
C)measured in lux
D)none of the above

Answer 2

the part of the light energy radiated by the sun that is received by earth

Question 3

An object which appears to be red to the eyes absorbs:

A)blue radiation
B)violet radiation
C)green radiation
D)absorbs all the above radiation

Answer 3

absorbs all the above radiation

Question 4

. Which of the following colour has the wavelength between blue and yellow:

A)violet
B)orange
C)red
D)green

Question 5

Which of the materials is most commonly used for the filaments in the incandescent lamps:

A)tungsten
B)tin
C)silver
D)asbestos

Question 6

The expected life of an incandescent lamp is about:

A)100 hours
B)200 hours
C)500 hours
D)1000 hours

Question 7

'Camera' is actually a Latin word meaning

A)picture box
B)room
C)light box
D)none of the above

Question 8

The world's first photographic portrait studio was opened in

A)1840
B)1850
C)1860
D)1870

Question 9

The world's first all electric photographic studio was opened in

A)1877
B)1897
C)1917
D)1887

Question 10

Incident light

A)falls on the subject
B)is reflected from the subject
C)backlights the subject
D)none of these

Question 11

Who coined the term 'photography'?

A)fox talbot
B)nicephore niepce
C)sir john herschel
D)none of these

Question 12

What is a photon?

A)a particle of light energy
B)a measure of light energy
C)a stream of light energy
D)none of these

Question 13

What type of development process does Kodachrome need?

A)additive
B)subtractive
C)dye replacement
D)none of these

Question 14

Your print needs 8 seconds at f5.6 (in a diffuser enlarger). You decide to use f11, what is your new exposure?

A)16 seconds
B)24 seconds
C)32 seconds
D)none of these

Question 15

What was Roger Fenton famous for?

A)war photography
B)founding the royal photographic society?
C)both
D)none of these

Question 16

When was the first proper flashbulb invented?

A)1920
B)1925
C)1930
D)none of these

Question 17

What is a 'magic lantern'?

A)a slide projector
B)an early enlarger
C)a flashbulb
D)none of these

Question 18

Your negative is very weak with very little shadow detail. Why?

A)under exposure and under development
B)under exposure and over development
C)over exposure and over development
D)none of these

Question 19

What is 'posterization'?

A)extreme tone separation
B)partial image reversal
C)total image reversal
D)none of these

Question 20

David Seyour was the founder of which group?

A)f64
B)societe heliographique
C)magnum
D)none of these

Question 21

Which camera (from around 1984) used solar energy to assist the batteries?

A)nikon fa
B)ricoh xr-s
C)pentax lx
D)none of these

Question 22

Your black and white print has mottled tones despite full development. Why?

A)old paper
B)contaminated stop bath
C)exhausted fixer
D)none of these

Question 23

What is 'chiaroscuro'?

A)a lens aberration
B)a light and shade effect
C)warped negative film
D)none of these

Question 24

What temperature should colour film be developed at?

A)95 degrees celsius
B)100 degrees celsius
C)105 degrees celsius
D)none of these

Question 25

Daylight colour film is balanced for light at

A)3200 k
B)3400 k
C)5400 k
D)3000 k