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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






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






3. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






5. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






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






7. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What are IPTC fields used for?






14. 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?






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


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






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






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






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






20. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






21. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.






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






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






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






25. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






29. 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?


30. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






31. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?






32. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






33. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






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


36. What is TTL?






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






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






39. A histogram shows what in an image?






40. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






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






42. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






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






44. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






45. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






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






48. What is burning?






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






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