Lighting Review Flashcards

Flashcards reviewing key concepts from a lighting lecture.

A 2 riser light stand needs to have 2 sandbags when 1 section of the riser is fully extended. True or False?

FALSE

What are the two elements that create 'light' in a painting or photograph?

HIGHLIGHT AND SHADOW

Soft, dreamy, cloudy, diffuse, gauzy, sharp, hard, clean, crisp describe the of light.

QUALITY

The modifier on the left is a grid and on the right is a snoot. True or False?

TRUE

What is this photography equipment?

C-STAND

When looking at an image, the eye first scans for brightness. If nothing is found in the brightness, it immediately looks for what?

CONTRAST

Which has higher acuity (sharpness or keenness), rods or cones?

CONES

Designing with light has nothing to do with how the human eye reacts to brightness. True or False?

FALSE

The job of cones is to detect brightness. True or False?

FALSE - THEY HELP WITH SHARPNESS (ACUITY)

What are the 2 building blocks of lighting?

MAIN AND FILL

When standing to the rear of a Matthews stand that is equipped with a gobo arm, which side of the stand should the knuckles be on?

RIGHT

What 2 ways can an umbrella be used to modify light?

REFLECT AND DIFFUSE

What light position would you use to separate the subject from the background?

BACK

What kind of shadow edge would a light with a small effective diameter create?

A HARD SHARP EDGE

Blocking light is a way of…

ABSORBING LIGHT

What is the 3rd step when troubleshooting in the 1st year studio?

TRY ANOTHER OUTLET

What is the definition of a flare?

NON-IMAGE FORMING LIGHT

Regardless of the direction of light, how many predictable things will happen?

5

You will not always see these 5 things from camera position, but they will be there because it is a natural law. True or False?

TRUE

For a large light source the shadow edges are…

SOFT AND DIFFUSE

What is the darkest part of a shadow called?

THE UMBRA

A small light source will have _ contrast.

HIGH

What kind of highlight do we NOT meter?

A SPECULAR HIGHLIGHT

In lighting, any item or object used to change the quality or characteristics of a light source is a __.

MODIFICATION