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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






2. Perspective is affected by what?






3. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






4. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






6. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






7. What is a derivative file?






8. Panning does what?






9. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






10. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed - what mode are you working in?






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






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






13. Contrast measures what in a print?






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

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15. What is focal length - technically?






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






17. What do TTL systems react to?






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






19. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).






20. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






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






22. What is a color profile?






23. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






24. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






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






26. What are the effects of top lighting?






27. What are IPTC fields used for?






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






29. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






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






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






32. What is burning?






33. 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?






34. What is dodging?






35. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






37. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?






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






39. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






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






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






43. Printers use what set of colors?






44. What is a flag?






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






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






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






48. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






50. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?