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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?






2. What are luminance and illuminance?






3. What is the inverse square law?






4. What is burning?






5. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






8. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






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






10. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






11. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






12. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






13. 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?






14. Resolution refers to what?






15. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






16. What is TTL?






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






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






19. What light source has the highest color temperature?






20. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






21. Focal length controls what?






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






23. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






24. Printers use what set of colors?






25. What are IPTC fields used for?






26. What is focal length - technically?






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






28. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






29. What is the effect of front lighting?






30. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.






31. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.






32. 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?






33. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?






34. What is a Bit?






35. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






36. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






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






38. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?






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






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






41. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






42. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?






43. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






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






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






46. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?






47. What is gamut?






48. 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?






49. What is a color profile?






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