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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






2. What is the effect of front lighting?






3. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






6. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






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






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






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






10. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?






11. 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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12. 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?






13. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






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






15. What is a Bit?






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






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






18. What is a color profile?






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






20. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






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






22. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?






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






24. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






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






26. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






27. Printers use what set of colors?






28. What are IPTC fields used for?






29. What are luminance and illuminance?






30. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






33. 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?






34. What would you use an ICC profile for?






35. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






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






37. A histogram shows what in an image?






38. Focal length controls what?






39. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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47. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






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






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






50. What are the effects of high side lighting?