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Certified Professional Photographer
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1. If an image is too blue - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
The impression human vision gives
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
stopped down
Add yellow
2. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
8 stops
Glossy paper
Soft proofing
Reflected light meter
3. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?
Soft proofing
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
stopped down
A raster image
4. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
Add red
256
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
5. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?
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6. Contrast measures what in a print?
The difference between light and dark.
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
four times more
7. 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?
Shutter speed & aperture
Yellow
Broad lighting
Additive (R - G - B)
8. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
1 1/3 stops
RAID system
One stop
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
9. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
Magenta
Shutter-priority
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.
Contrast
10. Perspective is affected by what?
lens-to-subject distance
Depth of field
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
11. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
Follow focus
Front lighting
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Zoom lens
12. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Blue & Green
No
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
13. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
Aperture-Priority
lens-to-subject distance
Fair Use
Very wide at about 180 degrees
14. Resolution refers to what?
International Organization for Standardization
Add magenta
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
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.
15. What is a Bit?
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
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.
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
A new layer
16. What is the effect of front lighting?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
A change in illumination
A RAW file that has been altered
17. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).
Snoot
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Follow focus
18. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
A RAW file that has been altered
sensor
Black (0)
19. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
Soft proofing
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Half as much light
3200 Kelvin
20. What does side lighting emphasize?
1 or 2
flat - low contrast light
In the middle
emphasizes textures
21. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?
Cyan
Levels adjustment
JPEG
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
22. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
It increases
One stop
3200 Kelvin
A mirror and pentaprism
23. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Short lighting
Follow focus
1/250th
Cyan
24. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Metamerism
8 bits
8 stops
The sensor's sensitivity to light
25. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
Lasso tool
Add red
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
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.
26. What are the effects of high side lighting?
A RAW file that has been altered
Reflected light meter
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.
sRGB
27. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?
Dynamic range
Black (0)
Add blue
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
28. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
Shutter-Priority
The amount of information contained in each pixel
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).
Glossy paper
29. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Depth of field
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Levels adjustment
30. What is a thyristor?
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.
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Fisheye
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.
31. When buying a lens hood - you should get it in what size relative to the lens?
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32. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?
Cyan
Dynamic range
Levels adjustment
flat - low contrast light
33. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
One stop
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
34. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?
Broad lighting
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.
3:1 or 4:1
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
35. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
A high contrast image
Aperture-priority
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
8 stops
36. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Aperture-Priority
Depth of field
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.
37. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Cyan
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Lower
Flat lighting
38. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?
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.
Front lighting
flat - low contrast light
Soft proofing
39. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
It increases
Additive (R - G - B)
RAID system
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
40. According to the Inverse Square Law - at a distance of 10 feet from a flash - the area illuminated receives how much more/less light than the area illuminated at 20 feet from the flash?
four times more
Snoot
Shutter-Priority
Variations command
41. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Short lighting.
The difference between light and dark.
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
42. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
3:1 or 4:1
Add cyan
Metadata
The difference between light and dark.
43. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?
One stop
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.
No
Shutter speed & aperture
44. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?
Flat lighting
5000K
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Shutter-priority
45. What is the best color profile for web images?
sRGB
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.
Bit
stopped down
46. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
One stop
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
47. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?
A RAW file that has been altered
Selecting portions of the image based on color
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Fair Use
48. Aperture controls what?
Infrared
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Add magenta
Add blue
49. What is a BYTE?
Selecting portions of the image based on color
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.
Snoot
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).
50. If an image is too magenta - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
JPEG
Add green
3:1 or 4:1
A new layer
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