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Certified Professional Photographer

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






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






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






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






5. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






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






7. A histogram shows what in an image?






8. What is the inverse square law?






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






10. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






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






12. What does side lighting emphasize?






13. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?






14. According to the Inverse Square Law - at a distance of 10 feet from a flash - the area illuminated receives how much more/less light than the area illuminated at 20 feet from the flash?






15. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?






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






17. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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. 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?






20. What is a Bit?






21. 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?






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






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






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

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25. What light source has the highest color temperature?






26. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






27. What are IPTC fields used for?






28. What is burning?






29. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?






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






31. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?






32. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?






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






34. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?






35. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?






36. What is a derivative file?






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






38. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






39. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






40. What is TTL?






41. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






42. 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?






43. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






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






45. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






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






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






48. What is gamut?






49. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?






50. What do TTL systems react to?