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1. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

2. What does the term "stop" mean?
flat - low contrast light
All colors
A change in illumination
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.

3. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
sensor
Small light source at an angle to the subject
1 or 2
Yellow

4. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?
Yellow
Because you can move in close to the subject
Add cyan
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

5. Focal length controls what?
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
8 bits
Yellow
Aperture and shutter

6. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
Glossy paper
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Levels adjustment
In the middle

7. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
The difference between light and dark.
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

8. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?
Total number of pixels
Short lighting
Fair Use
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.

9. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
3:1 or 4:1
lens-to-subject distance
Broad lighting
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)

10. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?
Fair Use
Flat lighting
Aperture and shutter
Yellow

11. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?
emphasizes textures
Butterfly lighting
Small light source at an angle to the subject
aperture diameter

12. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
Yellow
Lower
A mirror and pentaprism
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)

13. What are luminance and illuminance?
1 or 2
Additive (R - G - B)
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)
Variations command

14. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
sensor
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
256

15. What light source has the highest color temperature?
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
9
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

16. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
A RAW file that has been altered
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Short lighting

17. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Shutter-Priority
1 1/3 stops
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

18. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

19. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Parallax
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
hue/saturation adjustment layer

20. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
aperture diameter
Bit

21. What is interpolated resolution?
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.
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) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.

22. What is focal length - technically?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
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.
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject

23. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
High Dynamic Range
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
flat - low contrast light
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.

24. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Incident light meter
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.

25. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Shutter speed & aperture
3200 Kelvin
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Metamerism

26. Perspective is affected by what?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
lens-to-subject distance
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.
Short lighting

27. Panning does what?
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Aperture-Priority
Levels adjustment
A mirror and pentaprism

28. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Blue & Green
Yellow
sRGB

29. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
Parallax
Shutter speed & aperture
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.

30. What is a Bit?
Add cyan
1 or 2
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.
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.

31. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
The impression human vision gives
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.
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."

32. What would you use an ICC profile for?
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
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.
Short lighting.

33. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
Aperture-Priority
Magenta
1 1/3 stops
Soft proofing

34. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?
A high contrast image
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees

35. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
emphasizes textures
A change in illumination
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

36. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?
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.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
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.
Butterfly lighting

37. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Aperture and shutter
1 or 2

38. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
A new layer
One stop
High Dynamic Range

39. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?
sRGB
Flat lighting
A raster image
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.

40. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?
lens-to-subject distance
Reflected light meter
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
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.

41. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
8 bits
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Depth of field

42. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.
Levels adjustment
Short lighting.
Incident light meter
One stop less

43. Contrast measures what in a print?
The difference between light and dark.
3:1 or 4:1
sRGB
Incident light meter

44. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?
Short lighting.
5 -000 Kelvin
Shutter-priority
Shutter speed & aperture

45. 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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46. What does side lighting emphasize?
In the middle
emphasizes textures
Half as much light
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

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

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48. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
High Dynamic Range
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Add cyan

49. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
emphasizes textures
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.
Infrared

50. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?
Lasso tool
Depth of field
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.
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).

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