MEDIA II, III: PHOTOGRAPHY: FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

At the year’s end you will have two 41-minute class periods to complete a final exam for this course. The exam is in 2 parts:

objective questions and demonstration of Photoshop knowledge.

PART I: CAMERAS - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW!

LIST UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS/LIGHTING SITUATIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING ISO’S USED:

100

200

400/800

1600/3200/6400

EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING COMPOSITIO N TYPES:

High angle

Low angle

Shallow depth of field

Deep depth of field

Texture

Leading lines

Framing

Color

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING IN REFERENCE TO THE LIGHTING STUDIO

Key Light

Back/Hair Light

Fill Light

Diffusion (level 3)

Gels (level 3)

LIST UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS/LIGHTING SITU ATIONS YOU WOULD USE THE FOLLOWING WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS:

Flash

Tungsten

Fluorescent

Sunny, cloudy, shady

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING CAMERA MODES AND EXPLAIN WHAT ITEMS YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OVER:

Auto

Program

Shutter priority (Tv)

Aperture priority (Av)

Manual

Exposure (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2)

EXPLAIN WHY/WHEN YOU WOULD USE THE FOLLOWING:

Fast Action

Pan Action

Slow Shutter

Fast Shutter

Small Aperture (large opening)

Large aperture (small opening)

EXPLAIN WHEN/WHY YOU WOULD SAVE FILES IN THE FOLLOWING WAY

JPEG PSD

PART II: PHOTOSHOP – WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO!

Level 2 Level 3

Crop and properly save a photo both as a PSD and JPEG

Make basic lighting adjustments

Lasso or select, cut, move and transform layer

Use layer masks to bring back color or blur a photo

Put text over a photo and use the effects (fx) tool

Use content aware, cloning and healing tool

Use dodge, burn and sponge tool to adjust color

Everything on the Level 2 list!

Utilize curves to adjust color/lighting

Edit in RAW to adjust photographs

Create an HDR image with various exposures

Use brushes and create own brush

Utilize text in creative ways to enhance a product