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Certified Professional Photographer

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?






2. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.






3. What light source has the highest color temperature?






4. What would you use an ICC profile for?






5. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?






6. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






7. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






8. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






9. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






10. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.






11. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?






12. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).






13. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






14. What do TTL systems react to?






15. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






16. What does the term "stop" mean?






17. Most inkjet printers intended for photographic printing include light and dark inks of all of the colors except for one. Which color ink is usually available only in one density?






18. What is focal length - technically?






19. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?






20. What is dodging?






21. What is an element and where is it found?






22. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






23. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






24. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






25. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.






26. What is the effect of front lighting?






27. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






28. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






29. Bit depth refers to what?






30. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






31. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






32. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






33. What does side lighting emphasize?






34. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






35. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






36. What is TTL?






37. Perspective is affected by what?






38. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






39. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






40. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






41. Aperture controls what?






42. What are luminance and illuminance?






43. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






44. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






45. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






46. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






47. What are the effects of high side lighting?






48. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






49. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






50. An incident-exposure reading for a fair-skinned subject reads f/8 - 1/125th at 100 ISO. The next subject is very dark skinned. What is the proper exposure for the second subject?

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