Intermediate Photography Lesson 9 Quiz | Test Your Knowledge

Intermediate Photography: Lesson 9 Quiz

You are photographing in dense fog and your images look flat and gray. How can you use the fog creatively instead of fighting it?

Increase contrast in camera settings to cut through the fog

Use the fog to create layered depth, isolate subjects from their surroundings, and build a sense of mystery and atmosphere

Wait for the fog to clear since it always ruins photographs

Overexpose by three stops to make the fog appear white instead of gray

You are shooting outdoors in the rain. Your autofocus keeps hunting and struggling to lock on. What is the most likely cause?

Raindrops on the front element of your lens are confusing the autofocus system, and the overall low contrast in rainy scenes makes it harder for AF to find edges

Rain produces electromagnetic interference that disrupts autofocus sensors

Your camera is not weather-sealed and water has damaged the AF motor

The sound of rain vibrations is interfering with the lens motor

You bring your camera from a cold outdoor environment (below freezing) into a warm, humid indoor space. Condensation immediately forms on your lens and camera body. How should you handle this?

Immediately wipe the condensation off with a cloth and continue shooting

Put the camera in a sealed plastic bag before bringing it indoors, so the condensation forms on the bag instead of the camera. Let it acclimate gradually.

Use a hair dryer to quickly evaporate the moisture

Remove the lens to allow air to circulate inside the camera body

You are photographing a backlit subject at sunset. You want to create a clean silhouette. How should you expose?

Use positive exposure compensation to brighten the subject's face

Expose for the bright sky behind the subject, letting the subject go completely dark to create a strong silhouette shape

Use fill flash to balance the subject with the background

Set your white balance to shade to warm up the scene

You are shooting a concert in a dimly lit venue with no flash allowed. Your images at ISO 3200 have noticeable noise. You could raise ISO to 6400 for a faster shutter speed. What is the right mindset?

Never shoot above ISO 3200 because the noise will ruin every image

A noisy but sharp photo is better than no photo. High ISO noise is preferable to camera shake or motion blur that makes the image unusable.

Only shoot in RAW at high ISO, since RAW files have no noise

Wait for a moment when the stage lights get brighter instead of raising ISO

Your camera's dynamic range cannot capture both the bright highlights and deep shadows in a high-contrast scene. You do not have time to set up a tripod for HDR. What is one option?

Switch to JPEG mode, which captures more dynamic range than RAW

Expose to protect the highlights (keep them from clipping) and plan to recover shadow detail in post-processing from the RAW file

Turn on your camera's flash to fill the entire scene evenly

Use the smallest possible aperture since that increases dynamic range

You want to use lens flare creatively in your image. What is the best way to control it rather than getting random, messy flare?

Remove your lens hood and position the sun just at the edge of your frame, then adjust your angle slightly to control the flare pattern

Point the camera directly at the center of the sun with a telephoto lens

Add a UV filter to your lens, which creates more predictable flare patterns

Use the smallest aperture available, which always eliminates flare

You are shooting through a glass window and see your own reflection and the reflection of the room behind you in the glass. How can you minimize these reflections?

Increase your shutter speed to outpace the reflections

Press your lens barrel directly against the glass or as close as possible, which eliminates reflections from your side by blocking the light. A lens hood also helps.

Switch to a wider aperture to reduce the depth of field of the reflections

Use a telephoto lens because longer focal lengths do not produce reflections

You are photographing in cold weather and notice your battery life has dropped dramatically. Your battery, which normally lasts all day, is dying after an hour. What is happening?

The cold temperature is not related. Your battery has reached the end of its lifespan.

Cold temperatures reduce battery chemical reactions, causing a significant drop in available power. Keeping a spare battery warm in an inside pocket helps.

The camera is using more power to heat the sensor in cold conditions

Cold weather makes the LCD screen brighter, draining the battery faster

You are photographing at the beach on a windy day. Sand is blowing everywhere. What is the biggest risk to your camera gear, and how do you protect it?

Sand can scratch your sensor permanently if it blows through the shutter

Fine sand particles can get into lens mechanisms and camera body seals, scratching glass and jamming moving parts. Minimize lens changes, use a UV filter, and keep equipment in a sealed bag when not shooting.

The salt in ocean sand will corrode your battery contacts within minutes

Wind will blow your camera off the tripod, so avoid using one at the beach

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