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1. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Incident light meter
Zoom lens
All colors

2. What is TTL?
Blue & Green
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
8 stops
Aperture-priority

3. What are luminance and illuminance?
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
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)
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
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

4. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?
Infrared
Shutter speed & aperture
lens-to-subject distance
JPEG

5. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
Fair Use
Half as much light
International Organization for Standardization
Convex

6. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
Follow focus
Aperture-Priority
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject

7. If an image is too magenta - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Shutter speed & aperture
Add green
Aperture-Priority
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.

8. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Use and adjustment layer
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Zoom lens
Lower

9. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
Broad lighting
Depth of field
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Add blue

10. What are the effects of top lighting?
Contrast
sensor
Shutter-Priority
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.

11. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Aperture-Priority
Black (0)
Metadata

12. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
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.
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.
Convex
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

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

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14. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
Blown highlights
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
1/250th

15. Printers use what set of colors?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Very wide at about 180 degrees
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

16. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Lasso tool
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
A change in illumination
Blue

17. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
8 bits
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)
stopped down
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)

18. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
A mirror and pentaprism
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.
RAID system

19. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Aperture-priority
Selecting portions of the image based on color
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.

20. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Magenta
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Black (0)

21. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
aperture diameter
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).
Aperture-Priority
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

22. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
One stop less
Snoot

23. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Metamerism
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Add red

24. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?
The difference between light and dark.
A new layer
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Soft proofing

25. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
RAID system

26. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?
High Dynamic Range
Add green
Add cyan
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)

27. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
3200 Kelvin
Contrast
Yellow

28. What is a BYTE?
1 1/3 stops
3200 Kelvin
3:1 or 4:1
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.

29. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Soft proofing
It increases

30. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Add yellow
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Short lighting.

31. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Yellow
Short lighting.
1 or 2
Shutter-Priority

32. What is a thyristor?
Follow focus
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.
JPEG
Follow focus

33. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?
Actual Pixel view
1 or 2
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
Follow focus

34. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Contrast
Lower
White (255)

35. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Metamerism
flat - low contrast light
Aperture and shutter
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment

36. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Butterfly lighting
hue/saturation adjustment layer
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.

37. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
sensor
It increases
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
One stop

38. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
A change in illumination
Because you can move in close to the subject
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Levels adjustment

39. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?
Short lighting
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.
Blue & Green
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast

40. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Magenta
Depth of field

41. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
Blown highlights
sensor
A RAW file that has been altered
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.

42. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
8 bits
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically

43. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.
RAID system
Short lighting
Actual Pixel view
Aperture and shutter

44. What is burning?
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.
Glossy paper
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)

45. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?
Butterfly lighting
Actual Pixel view
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.
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.

46. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
256
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta

47. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Aperture-priority
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.

48. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Black (0)
Parallax
Half as much light

49. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
Glossy paper
High Dynamic Range
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

50. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Reciprocal relationship
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
It increases