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1. What is a BYTE?
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.
Broad lighting
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
The sensor's sensitivity to light

2. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?
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Parallax
Snoot
Use and adjustment layer

3. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
Shutter-Priority
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)

4. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided 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.
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
aperture diameter
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.

5. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Add red
Add cyan

6. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
Lasso tool
Actual Pixel view
Short lighting
flat - low contrast light

7. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
No change. The EXPOSURE doesn't change or it would also change the background as well. Move the lights to adjust.

8. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.
The amount of information contained in each pixel
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Aperture-Priority

9. What do TTL systems react to?
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
Soft proofing
A mirror and pentaprism
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

10. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?
Yellow
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
stopped down

11. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
four times more
A change in illumination
International Organization for Standardization

12. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?
Aperture-priority
Aperture
Dynamic range
Very wide at about 180 degrees

13. A filter with a factor of 2 requires how many stops of compensation?

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14. If an image is too magenta - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
Add green

15. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
aperture diameter
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Aperture and shutter
3:1 or 4:1

16. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
four times more
Infinity
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Short lighting

17. What is the best color profile for web images?
sRGB
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Subtractive primaries (plus black)
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors

18. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
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The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

19. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
5 -000 Kelvin
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Shutter speed & aperture

20. If an image is too blue - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Total number of pixels
Add yellow
Yellow
International Organization for Standardization

21. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Front lighting
Additive (R - G - B)
Magenta

22. Focal length controls what?
In the middle
Soft proofing
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

23. Aperture controls what?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
One stop less
Cyan
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

24. What are the effects of top lighting?
The sensor's sensitivity to light
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.

25. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Fisheye
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Aperture and shutter
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker

26. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Short lighting.

27. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.
Incident light meter
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Contrast

28. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
The amount of information contained in each pixel
ISO
Selecting portions of the image based on color

29. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?
Follow focus
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Shutter speed & aperture
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

30. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?
In the middle
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Blue & Green
Add red

31. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
flat - low contrast light
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

32. What is an element and where is it found?
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White (255)
Variations command
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.

33. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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34. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
No
Additive (R - G - B)
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically

35. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Add blue
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Soft proofing

36. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?
Butterfly lighting
Dynamic range
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject

37. What are IPTC fields used for?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Broad lighting

38. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Metamerism
Shutter-Priority
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
Infrared

39. What light source has the highest color temperature?
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
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.
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
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40. What are the effects of high side lighting?
Add red
3:1 or 4:1
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
emphasizes textures

41. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.
Add cyan
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
aperture diameter
Actual Pixel view

42. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
Total number of pixels
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Bit
Levels adjustment

43. What does side lighting emphasize?
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
emphasizes textures

44. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

45. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
Blue & Green
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Fair Use
Half as much light

46. 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?
Dynamic range
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
In the middle
A high contrast image

47. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
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.
Reflected light meter
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Add red

48. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
stopped down
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.

49. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Blue
Shutter speed & aperture
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
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)

50. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
Flat lighting
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.