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1. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?
A raster image
Aperture and shutter
A new layer
One stop less

2. What is a flag?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare

3. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Actual Pixel view
Use and adjustment layer
Short lighting.
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)

4. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card

5. Printers use what set of colors?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Shutter speed & aperture
Subtractive primaries (plus black)

6. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Levels adjustment

7. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
5000K

8. Contrast measures what in a print?
The difference between light and dark.
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background

9. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
All colors
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Levels adjustment

10. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
In the middle
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Broad lighting

11. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
In the middle
Convex

12. Resolution refers to what?
Zoom lens
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.

13. What is an element and where is it found?
The difference between light and dark.
It increases
Actual Pixel view
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.

14. What are IPTC fields used for?
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Aperture-Priority
Add green
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.

15. 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?
Yellow
Bit
5000K
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

16. What does a neutral density filter do?
Yellow
Add red
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
3:1 or 4:1

17. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?
Aperture
5 -000 Kelvin
Lasso tool
Dynamic range

18. Aperture controls what?
Add red
One stop
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Broad lighting

19. How does 'unsharp mask' work?
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Blown highlights
Infrared
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.

20. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
ISO
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Bit

21. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?
Additive (R - G - B)
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Blue
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast

22. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?
1 or 2
Add magenta
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Parallax

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

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24. What is focal length - technically?
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
Add blue
Aperture-priority
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

25. What is interpolated resolution?
Levels adjustment
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
3200 Kelvin
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.

26. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?
Add red
Aperture-Priority
Reciprocal relationship
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.

27. What is a color profile?
Blue & Green
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Relative aperture. The opening on a long lens must be larger than a corresponding opening on a short lens to produce the same f-stops.

28. What are the effects of high side lighting?
Infrared
One stop less
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
Magenta

29. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
Snoot
8 stops
Blue & Green
Actual Pixel view

30. What is TTL?
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Half as much light
5000K

31. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
A mirror and pentaprism
Variations command
Short lighting
Subtractive primaries (plus black)

32. What is burning?
Because you can move in close to the subject
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Depth of field
Yellow

33. If an image is too blue - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add yellow
8 stops
Incident light meter
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

34. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Additive (R - G - B)
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures

35. When mixed in varying proportion - the subtractive primary colors produce what?
A change in illumination
1 1/3 stops
All colors
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.

36. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
5 -000 Kelvin

37. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
Bit
Glossy paper

38. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
Follow focus
Butterfly lighting
All colors
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.

39. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
A high contrast image
Front lighting
Metamerism
8 bits

40. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add red
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Reciprocal relationship
Soft proofing

41. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Selecting portions of the image based on color
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.

42. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
The impression human vision gives
Broad lighting
Short lighting

43. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?
Variations command
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Metadata
Add blue

44. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
Parallax
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
RAID system
5000K

45. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?
Relative aperture. The opening on a long lens must be larger than a corresponding opening on a short lens to produce the same f-stops.
Aperture-priority
Add red
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.

46. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Yellow
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan

47. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
9
Shutter speed & aperture
Reciprocal relationship

48. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
It increases
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
flat - low contrast light

49. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
The sensor's sensitivity to light
Because you can move in close to the subject
Blown highlights

50. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Small light source at an angle to the subject
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
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