Here's a "A Photo Personality Quiz" (from the
Amazon page about the "The Photographer's Mind" by Michael Freeman).
Answer the questions below, adding individual answer numbers to a total score.
Do you know how to read a histogram?
- More or less
- Fairly well, and I’m getting better all the time
- Of course! What a nerve to ask!
Which of the following photographers do you most admire?
- Trent Parke
- Irving Penn
- Ansel Adams
- Myself
If we were going to give you a free gift (which we’re not. so don’t build your hopes up), which of the following would you prefer?
- A year’s invitations to opening nights at the photo gallery of your choice
- A coffee-table book on grand American landscapes
- The latest Ukrainian software to do something amazing to your image
Which of the following have you photographed the most in the last year?
- People
- Landscape
- Fire hydrant
- Detail of a wall
- Gas station
How many times in the last week have you visited online photo forums?
- 0-10
- 10-50
- 50 plus
Imagining you didn’t already have these, which would you prefer as your next lens?
- An 85mm ƒ/1.4
- A 105mm Macro
- A lens that bends, swings or tilts
Good composition is . . .
- Interesting contrast between elements
- Rule of Thirds
- Getting it all inside the frame
- It’s more important to get it sharp, because you can fix the composition later
What is your favorite kind of lighting?
- Anything unusual
- Backlighting
- Sunset and sunrise
- Frontal and crisp
- Flash
Helmut Newton was holding a DSLR and said, “It’s all automatic. All I have to do is press the button.” He then pointed to his head and said, “It’s all in here.” Did he mean . . .
- The camera is irrelevant
- He understood exactly how the camera works
- This camera is a miracle of modern engineering
How did you score? Add up the numbers for each answer you checked . . .
10-16
Either you have a passion for shooting, or you cheated because you guessed that a low score would be best. Even if the latter, at least you wanted to look like a photographer rather than a techno-geek, so you won’t be disappointed to find that
this new book is completely about thinking and shooting pictures, with not a piece of a camera kit or a computer screen anywhere in sight!
17-24
What a balanced, reasonable and moderate individual you are! The alternative would be that you couldn’t really make up your mind, but that can’t be true, can it? Anyway, I really envy you for steering clear of extremes. Guess what . . . you’ll find an equally balanced view of the range of photographic expression and style in
this book!
25-33
You just might need a little more excitement in your photographic life. Moreover, you’ll go pasty-faced from sitting in front of the computer screen. Recommendation: close it down, spend an hour reading
this book, then go out with the camera and take at least two photographs of a kind you’ve never tried before.
Last edited by Class A; 09-09-2011 at 08:12 PM.