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1. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Variations command
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Cyan

2. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?
1 1/3 stops
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
In the middle
Blue

3. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?
1 or 2
Depth of field
International Organization for Standardization
Lasso tool

4. What is a Bit?
Short lighting.
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
8 bits
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.

5. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?
Blue
Contrast
Infrared
Aperture

6. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
Variations command
Aperture and shutter
Glossy paper
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card

7. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.
Reciprocal relationship
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Short lighting.

8. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
ISO
9
Glossy paper
The impression human vision gives

9. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
RAID system
High Dynamic Range
Black (0)
1 1/3 stops

10. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Contrast
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Blue

11. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
aperture diameter
The impression human vision gives
Reflected light meter

12. Focal length controls what?
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
No
The impression human vision gives
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.

13. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?
Aperture
Total number of pixels
3:1 or 4:1
5000K

14. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
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.
Add blue
Selecting portions of the image based on color

15. Perspective is affected by what?
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
lens-to-subject distance
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

16. A histogram shows what in an image?
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Aperture
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)

17. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
A raster image
One stop
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

18. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Aperture and shutter
Follow focus
Contrast
Parallax

19. What is a BYTE?
aperture diameter
Soft proofing
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.
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)

20. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
aperture diameter
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Shutter-priority

21. If an image is too blue - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Yellow
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Reciprocal relationship
Add yellow

22. 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?
Snoot
5000K
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta

23. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
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.
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
More of the background and foreground are sharp.

24. 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.
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
The amount of information contained in each pixel
No

25. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
Blue
8 bits
Half as much light
The sensor's sensitivity to light

26. 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
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Snoot
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

27. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan

28. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Yellow
Aperture-Priority
Short lighting
Reflected light meter

29. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Contrast
Total number of pixels
Fair Use
Infinity

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

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31. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Snoot
Add yellow
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.

32. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very dark scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?
No
Butterfly lighting
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
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

33. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Fair Use
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

34. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Dynamic range
Magenta
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)

35. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add cyan
Add red
Yellow
Shutter speed & aperture

36. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?
Soft proofing
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Add red
stopped down

37. 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?
Lasso tool
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)
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

38. What light source has the highest color temperature?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

39. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.
Aperture-Priority
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
ISO
The brightness of all the pixels in an image

40. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
International Organization for Standardization
A change in illumination
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

41. Contrast measures what in a print?
Add cyan
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
The difference between light and dark.
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker

42. Aperture controls what?
Total number of pixels
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.
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Aperture and shutter

43. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.
Broad lighting
four times more
Incident light meter
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

44. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Actual Pixel view
ISO
Convex

45. What does the term "stop" mean?
Small light source at an angle to the subject
lens-to-subject distance
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
A change in illumination

46. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Shutter-Priority
Aperture-Priority
Lower
flat - low contrast light

47. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
Broad lighting
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
256
Blown highlights

48. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?
Add red
sRGB
Metadata
Flat lighting

49. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?
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.
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Blue & Green
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)

50. What would you use an ICC profile for?
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light

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