The Camera and Exposure
How a camera records light, and the three controls that decide the result.
- How a camera sensor records light
- Aperture and depth of field
- Shutter speed and motion
NSW Photography and Digital Media Years 7-10 (Stage 5, Year 9) - the camera and exposure, digital workflow, visual storytelling - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Photography and Digital Media” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
How a camera records light, and the three controls that decide the result.
From capture to delivery: organising, editing and exporting images without losing fidelity.
Making photographs that say something, in a sequence and for an audience.
A Photography and Digital Media paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 3–5 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| select | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 9 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.