A tripod chiefly helps prevent…
Subject ageing
Camera movement
All shadows
Lens colour
Trivia for Kids 8–14 · Mixed
Camera Cleverness
Ten fresh questions for ages 8–14 exploring camera cleverness. Mixed difficulty with explanations and host verification notes in the import file.
A close-up makes a small object occupy…
Less of the frame necessarily
No visible pixels
Only the background
More of the frame
A fast shutter is useful when photographing…
A still statue in perfect light
A sprinting runner
A printed receipt at rest
Only an empty wall
Why can a long exposure blur a moving fountain?
Motion is recorded over time
Water changes to paint
The camera stops measuring light
The lens melts water
A wide aperture often gives a portrait…
Only black-and-white colour
No perspective
A blurrier background
Infinite sharpness everywhere
True or false: Cropping a photo can change the story it appears to tell.
True
False
Backlighting places the main light…
Under every object
Only beside the viewer
Inside the lens
Behind the subject
A silhouette emphasises…
An outline against a brighter background
Exact eye colour
Fine skin texture
Tiny printed words
Why do photographers set white balance?
To make every object white
To account for light's colour
To increase the file's age
To remove all shadows
A low camera viewpoint can make a nearby subject seem…
Physically lighter
Transparent
More towering
Further away necessarily