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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






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






3. Perspective is affected by what?






4. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






5. If an image is too blue - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?






6. What does side lighting emphasize?






7. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






8. What is a BYTE?






9. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






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

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






12. What does the term "stop" mean?






13. What is burning?






14. Focal length controls what?






15. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






16. What is the inverse square law?






17. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?






18. What does a neutral density filter do?






19. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.






20. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






21. 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?






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






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






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






25. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






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






27. What is dodging?






28. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






29. What do TTL systems react to?






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






31. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?






32. What is a Bit?






33. Contrast measures what in a print?






34. 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?






35. Panning does what?






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






37. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






39. 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?






40. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






41. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?






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






43. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






44. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






45. What is a derivative file?






46. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?






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






48. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






49. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?






50. Resolution refers to what?