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Image-Making Skills: SQA Higher Photography technical and creative skills quiz quiz

16questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which three controls make up the exposure triangle?

  2. What does a wide aperture (small f-number such as f/2.8) do to depth of field?

  3. Which control should a photographer prioritise to freeze fast motion?

  4. What is the main trade-off of using a high ISO?

  5. In aperture priority mode, what does the photographer set?

  6. What causes light to be 'hard' rather than 'soft'?

  7. What does white balance correct for?

  8. What happens when an image is overexposed?

  9. What is the rule of thirds?

  10. How do leading lines work in a composition?

  11. Which camera position choice controls what appears behind the subject?

  12. Which technique uses a slow shutter speed to render moving water as a smooth blur?

  13. What is panning?

  14. What is the correct order of the digital photography workflow?

  15. Why should post-production editing enhance rather than replace good capture?

  16. Which genre is judged mainly on how it conveys a person's character and expression?