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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






4. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






6. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?






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






8. 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?






9. Aperture controls what?






10. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?






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






12. Perspective is affected by what?






13. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.






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






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






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






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






18. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






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






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






21. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






22. What are IPTC fields used for?






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






24. What is a flag?






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 image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






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






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

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29. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






30. What is a derivative file?






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






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






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






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






35. What light source has the highest color temperature?






36. What is a Bit?






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






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






39. What is TTL?






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






41. What is focal length - technically?






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






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






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






45. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.






46. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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






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






50. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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