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Certified Professional Photographer

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






2. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






3. What is a derivative file?






4. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?






5. When buying a lens hood - you should get it in what size relative to the lens?

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6. Panning does what?






7. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.






8. Aperture controls what?






9. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?

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10. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






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






12. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?






13. What does ISO stand for?






14. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






15. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






16. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






18. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?






19. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






20. What is a Bit?






21. What do TTL systems react to?






22. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?






23. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






25. If your print will be viewed mostly under window light - what is the suggested Kelvin temperature of the lights you should use to evaluate your print?






26. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






27. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






28. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






29. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






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






31. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?






32. What are the effects of top lighting?






33. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






34. What is the inverse square law?






35. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






36. What is a BYTE?






37. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?






38. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






39. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?






40. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






41. 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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42. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






43. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?






44. What is burning?






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






46. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very light toned scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?






47. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






48. Bit depth refers to what?






49. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






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