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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?






2. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?






3. What is interpolated resolution?






4. What is focal length - technically?






5. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






7. Bit depth refers to what?






8. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very dark scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?






9. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






10. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






11. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.






12. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






14. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?






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






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






17. What is TTL?






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






19. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






20. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






23. What light source has the highest color temperature?






24. What does a neutral density filter do?






25. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






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






27. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






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






29. 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?






30. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?






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






32. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






33. 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?






34. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






35. Focal length controls what?






36. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






37. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






38. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






39. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






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






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






42. Aperture controls what?






43. What does ISO stand for?






44. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






45. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






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






47. What is burning?






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






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






50. Panning does what?