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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Blue

2. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Infrared
Use and adjustment layer

3. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
The impression human vision gives
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.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

4. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Because you can move in close to the subject
Soft proofing
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.

5. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?
Follow focus
Depth of field
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.
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

6. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Blue
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Infrared
9

7. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?
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.
Fair Use
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
A raster image

8. If an image is too green - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Convex
Short lighting
Add magenta
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.

9. What is dodging?
Fisheye
1 1/3 stops
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.
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area

10. Panning does what?
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Add yellow
1 1/3 stops
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11. Contrast measures what in a print?
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.
The sensor's sensitivity to light
The difference between light and dark.
1/250th

12. Printers use what set of colors?
emphasizes textures
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 red
Subtractive primaries (plus black)

13. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
four times more
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Aperture-Priority
Blue & Green

14. What do TTL systems react to?
Add cyan
3200 Kelvin
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Shutter-priority

15. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?
3200 Kelvin
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Fisheye
Add magenta

16. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
Shutter speed & aperture
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.
Magenta
Cyan

17. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Levels adjustment
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

18. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Because you can move in close to the subject
flat - low contrast light
8 stops
Selecting portions of the image based on color

19. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.
One stop less
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Metadata
hue/saturation adjustment layer

20. 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.
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.
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Use and adjustment layer

21. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?
Butterfly lighting
Snoot
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
The impression human vision gives

22. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?
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.
hue/saturation adjustment layer
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
1/250th

23. A histogram shows what in an image?
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
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Front lighting
3:1 or 4:1

24. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
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.
Variations command
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Front lighting

25. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
Blown highlights
RAID system
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
ISO

26. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?
Black (0)
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
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.
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

27. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
Lasso tool
All colors
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta

28. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
No
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

29. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Short lighting
256
stopped down

30. If an image is too yellow - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add red
Front lighting
Add blue
A change in illumination

31. Aperture controls what?
Cyan
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.
No
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

32. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
Glossy paper
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.
ISO
8 stops

33. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
Metadata
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
A new layer

34. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?
One stop
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
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.
Levels adjustment

35. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?
Actual Pixel view
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
A new layer
Incident light meter

36. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?
Shutter speed & aperture
Fisheye
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Aperture and shutter

37. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
JPEG
sensor
Follow focus

38. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Aperture and shutter
It increases
International Organization for Standardization
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

39. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture - what mode are you working in?
Fair Use
Shutter-priority
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
four times more

40. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
lens-to-subject distance
1 1/3 stops

41. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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42. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
The impression human vision gives
Add green
One stop

43. What are the effects of top lighting?
A raster image
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
A mirror and pentaprism
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.

44. Bit depth refers to what?
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Flat lighting

45. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Add red
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Aperture
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.

46. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
1/250th
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light

47. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
Small light source at an angle to the subject
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.
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.

48. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Shutter speed & aperture
Short lighting
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
A new layer

49. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Short lighting.
High Dynamic Range
Fisheye
Add red

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

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