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Certified Professional Photographer

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?
Yellow
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.

2. Contrast measures what in a print?
Add blue
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
The difference between light and dark.

3. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
It increases
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
A mirror and pentaprism
Yellow

4. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
Flat lighting
Front lighting
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.

5. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?
Use and adjustment layer
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Bit

6. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?
Blue
JPEG
Aperture-Priority
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color

7. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Flat lighting
Shutter-Priority
8 stops

8. A histogram shows what in an image?
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
Small light source at an angle to the subject
The brightness of all the pixels in an image

9. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
Lasso tool
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta

10. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Dynamic range
Levels adjustment
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Convex

11. What is a thyristor?
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Aperture-Priority

12. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
256
The impression human vision gives
Aperture and shutter

13. What is a derivative file?
A RAW file that has been altered
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Broad lighting
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject

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?
Levels adjustment
5000K
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
flat - low contrast light

15. 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?
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Variations command
Zoom lens
Yellow

16. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
256
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Selecting portions of the image based on color

17. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.
Snoot
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Incident light meter
Flat lighting

18. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
Follow focus
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background

19. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
Cyan
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Blue

20. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
Infrared
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Small light source at an angle to the subject

21. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
Shutter-Priority
stopped down
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

22. What is gamut?
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Blown highlights
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

23. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
1 or 2
Very wide at about 180 degrees
sensor
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

24. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Aperture
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
A raster image

25. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Cyan
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Contrast
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

26. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
No
Short lighting.

27. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?
Yellow
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
stopped down

28. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?
Relative aperture. The opening on a long lens must be larger than a corresponding opening on a short lens to produce the same f-stops.
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Shutter-priority
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.

29. What is the inverse square law?
Lasso tool
1 1/3 stops
In the middle
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.

30. What does the term "stop" mean?
256
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
A change in illumination
In the middle

31. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?
Relative aperture. The opening on a long lens must be larger than a corresponding opening on a short lens to produce the same f-stops.
A raster image
RAID system
Fisheye

32. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
stopped down
Lower
Add red
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

33. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.
Actual Pixel view
Front lighting
The difference between light and dark.
Because you can move in close to the subject

34. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.
5 -000 Kelvin
JPEG
One stop less
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures

35. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Infrared
Metadata
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

36. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
Dynamic range
The amount of information contained in each pixel
256
Reflected light meter

37. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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38. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
8 stops
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Depth of field

39. Perspective is affected by what?
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
lens-to-subject distance
Short lighting.

40. Printers use what set of colors?
A change in illumination
Add cyan
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.

41. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
1 or 2
3200 Kelvin
Broad lighting

42. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
High Dynamic Range
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color

43. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
Glossy paper
Butterfly lighting
aperture diameter
Fair Use

44. What does side lighting emphasize?
emphasizes textures
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Add green
sensor

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

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46. How does 'unsharp mask' work?
One stop less
Fisheye
Shutter speed & aperture
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.

47. Resolution refers to what?
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
3:1 or 4:1
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.

48. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
RAID system
Incident light meter
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.

49. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?
Variations command
Snoot
Blue & Green
1/250th

50. What are the effects of top lighting?
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
A high contrast image
Snoot