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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






2. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






3. 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?






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






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






6. Contrast measures what in a print?






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






8. What does the term "stop" mean?






9. A histogram shows what in an image?






10. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






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






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






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






14. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?






15. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






16. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






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






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






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






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






21. Resolution refers to what?






22. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






23. Perspective is affected by what?






24. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?






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






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






27. What is a thyristor?






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






29. What light source has the highest color temperature?






30. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






31. What is dodging?






32. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






33. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






34. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?






35. What is an element and where is it found?






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






37. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






38. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.






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






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






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






42. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






43. What is a flag?






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






45. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






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






47. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






48. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






49. What does ISO stand for?






50. What are luminance and illuminance?