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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
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1. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






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






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






6. What is interpolated resolution?






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






8. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?






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

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10. Focal length controls what?






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






12. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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

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14. What are luminance and illuminance?






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






16. Aperture controls what?






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






18. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?






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






20. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






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






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






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






24. Resolution refers to what?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






32. What is focal length - technically?






33. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






35. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?






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






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






38. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?






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






40. What do TTL systems react to?






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






42. What is TTL?






43. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






44. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?






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






46. 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?






47. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?






48. 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?






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






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