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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a thyristor?






2. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






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






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

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5. What is the inverse square law?






6. Perspective is affected by what?






7. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






8. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?






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






10. Panning does what?






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






12. What is focal length - technically?






13. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






14. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






15. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






17. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






18. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






19. What is dodging?






20. What is a derivative file?






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






22. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






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






26. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?






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






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






29. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?






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






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






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






33. Resolution refers to what?






34. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






37. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?






38. 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?






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






40. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






41. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






42. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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






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






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






47. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?






48. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






49. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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