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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Short lighting
four times more
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi

2. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Use and adjustment layer
Lower
The difference between light and dark.
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.

3. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
5 -000 Kelvin
Aperture-Priority

4. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
Snoot
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Lower

5. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?
256
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
One stop
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

6. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?
A mirror and pentaprism
Aperture and shutter
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Broad lighting

7. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?
Reciprocal relationship
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
Depth of field
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

8. What do TTL systems react to?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
In the middle
Half as much light
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

9. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.
Shutter-Priority
Follow focus
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.
All colors

10. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Shutter-priority
Selecting portions of the image based on color
High Dynamic Range

11. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?
All colors
Short lighting
Total number of pixels
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.

12. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
A mirror and pentaprism
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Short lighting.
Incident light meter

13. What would you use an ICC profile for?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
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).
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan

14. What is a Bit?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
1/250th
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Contrast

15. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
1 1/3 stops
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
Additive (R - G - B)
Actual Pixel view

16. According to the Inverse Square Law - at a distance of 10 feet from a flash - the area illuminated receives how much more/less light than the area illuminated at 20 feet from the flash?
Blue
Follow focus
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.
four times more

17. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

18. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
One stop
Aperture-priority
It increases

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

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20. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Dynamic range
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

21. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
Add yellow
Snoot
Additive (R - G - B)
JPEG

22. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?
Aperture-priority
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
White (255)
hue/saturation adjustment layer

23. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?
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.
Snoot
Follow focus
A change in illumination

24. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
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).
One stop less
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.

25. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add cyan
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
9
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.

26. What is the best color profile for web images?
Add magenta
sRGB
Shutter speed & aperture
ISO

27. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?
3200 Kelvin
High Dynamic Range
Flat lighting
3:1 or 4:1

28. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Aperture-Priority
A high contrast image
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

29. A histogram shows what in an image?
Aperture-priority
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
The brightness of all the pixels in an image

30. Resolution refers to what?
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Contrast
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

31. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
aperture diameter
Reflected light meter
8 bits
Shutter-priority

32. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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33. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
9
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.

34. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?
Convex
Fair Use
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject

35. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?
Because you can move in close to the subject
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color

36. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
It increases
Bit
Actual Pixel view

37. What is gamut?
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
9

38. 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?
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
Infrared
Aperture-Priority
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

39. What is a color profile?
Metadata
Add magenta
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.
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).

40. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?
Variations command
Short lighting
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject

41. What is focal length - technically?
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
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.
Add blue

42. 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?
Metadata
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
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.
Aperture-priority

43. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
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)
One stop less
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
One stop

44. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?
1 or 2
Actual Pixel view
Front lighting
Infrared

45. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?
The impression human vision gives
flat - low contrast light
It increases
Convex

46. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?
Use and adjustment layer
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
JPEG
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

47. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
High Dynamic Range
5 -000 Kelvin
Use and adjustment layer
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card

48. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?
Snoot
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
Add red
Aperture

49. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?
Add blue
Glossy paper
Yellow
lens-to-subject distance

50. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
Follow focus
Glossy paper
Add cyan
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor