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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...
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.
Convex
Cyan
hue/saturation adjustment layer

2. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Zoom lens
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Incident light meter

3. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
5 -000 Kelvin
Infinity
Black (0)

4. A histogram shows what in an image?
Add blue
Add cyan
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.
The brightness of all the pixels in an image

5. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.
Aperture-Priority
Small light source at an angle to the subject
aperture diameter
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

6. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
Half as much light
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Total number of pixels
ISO

7. What does a neutral density filter do?
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Add green
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)

8. If an image is too yellow - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Reflected light meter
Add blue
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
Broad lighting

9. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture - what mode are you working in?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Shutter-priority
Blown highlights
flat - low contrast light

10. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
One stop less
Metadata
Flat lighting
Aperture-priority

11. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
One stop less
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
A RAW file that has been altered
RAID system

12. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?
In the middle
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 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.
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.

13. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?
1 or 2
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
5000K
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.

14. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed - what mode are you working in?
Aperture-priority
Yellow
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
A raster image

15. What does ISO stand for?
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
The amount of information contained in each pixel
International Organization for Standardization

16. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
8 stops
Variations command
Half as much light
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.

17. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Aperture and shutter
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)

18. 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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19. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
Broad lighting
Aperture and shutter
The difference between light and dark.
lens-to-subject distance

20. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Butterfly lighting
One stop less
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.

21. What light source has the highest color temperature?
5 -000 Kelvin
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
8 bits

22. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
1 1/3 stops
Total number of pixels
Follow focus
5 -000 Kelvin

23. Bit depth refers to what?
8 bits
256
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Metadata

24. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?
Zoom lens
Levels adjustment
Fisheye
Contrast

25. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Butterfly lighting
5000K

26. What is the inverse square law?
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.
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
Fisheye

27. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
One stop
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Convex

28. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)

29. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
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).
RAID system

30. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
JPEG
8 stops
Lasso tool

31. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
One stop

32. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
Blue
Parallax
Reflected light meter
Half as much light

33. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?
The impression human vision gives
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
hue/saturation adjustment layer
The sensor's sensitivity to light

34. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Glossy paper
Short lighting.
Follow focus
Subtractive primaries (plus black)

35. What does the term "stop" mean?
A change in illumination
International Organization for Standardization
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.
3:1 or 4:1

36. Aperture controls what?
3:1 or 4:1
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Levels adjustment

37. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Metamerism
Levels adjustment

38. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?
1/250th
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Convex
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.

39. What is an element and where is it found?
Yellow
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.
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

40. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
A new layer
emphasizes textures
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.

41. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?
Magenta
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
Contrast
Add cyan

42. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Blown highlights
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Glossy paper

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

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44. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
No
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.
3:1 or 4:1
A mirror and pentaprism

45. What are the effects of high side lighting?
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.
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.
Yellow
A RAW file that has been altered

46. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
9
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.
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)

47. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
256
Total number of pixels
3:1 or 4:1
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).

48. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Total number of pixels
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Front lighting

49. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?
A high contrast image
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker

50. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Selecting portions of the image based on color
Add magenta
sensor
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.