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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






3. What light source has the highest color temperature?






4. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?






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






6. What is focal length - technically?






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






8. What does a neutral density filter do?






9. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






11. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






12. What is a Bit?






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


14. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






15. Printers use what set of colors?






16. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?






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






18. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?






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






20. What do TTL systems react to?






21. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






22. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






23. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?






24. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






25. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?






26. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






28. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






29. What does the term "stop" mean?






30. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?






31. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






32. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?






33. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






34. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






35. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






36. Perspective is affected by what?






37. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?






38. What are the effects of top lighting?






39. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






40. 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?






41. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






43. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






45. Focal length controls what?






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






47. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?






48. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






49. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?






50. What is a color profile?