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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
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1. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






2. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






3. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






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






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






6. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?






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






8. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?






9. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






10. What is the inverse square law?






11. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






12. What is a flag?






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






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






15. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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16. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.






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






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

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






20. What is the best color profile for web images?






21. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






22. What does side lighting emphasize?






23. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






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






25. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?






26. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






27. What is a color profile?






28. Focal length controls what?






29. 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?






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






31. What is TTL?






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






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






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






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






36. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






37. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






38. Aperture controls what?






39. What does the term "stop" mean?






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






41. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






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






43. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






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






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






46. What is a derivative file?






47. 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?






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






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






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