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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?






2. What is burning?






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






4. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?






5. What is an element and where is it found?






6. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






7. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?






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






9. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






10. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?






11. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






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






13. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






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






15. What is a color profile?






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






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






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






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






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






21. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






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






23. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






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






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






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






27. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






28. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






30. What is the effect of front lighting?






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






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

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






34. What do TTL systems react to?






35. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






36. Perspective is affected by what?






37. What is the inverse square law?






38. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






39. What is focal length - technically?






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






41. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?






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






43. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?






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






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






46. 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?






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






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






49. Resolution refers to what?






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