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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






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






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






4. What are the effects of high side lighting?






5. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






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






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






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






10. When mixed in varying proportion - the subtractive primary colors produce what?






11. 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?






12. Printers use what set of colors?






13. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






15. What light source has the highest color temperature?






16. What is the effect of front lighting?






17. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






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






19. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?






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






21. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






22. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






23. What is burning?






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






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






26. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






27. What are luminance and illuminance?






28. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?






29. What is gamut?






30. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






31. What is a flag?






32. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






33. A histogram shows what in an image?






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






35. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?






36. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






38. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






39. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?






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






41. What is focal length - technically?






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






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

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






45. Bit depth refers to what?






46. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






47. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?






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






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






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