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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






2. What are the effects of top lighting?






3. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?






4. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






5. What is a thyristor?






6. What do TTL systems react to?






7. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).






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






9. What is dodging?






10. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






11. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






12. Aperture controls what?






13. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






14. Bit depth refers to what?






15. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?






16. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






18. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






20. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






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






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






23. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






24. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






25. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






26. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






29. What is focal length - technically?






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






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






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






33. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






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






35. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






36. Resolution refers to what?






37. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






38. What is a color profile?






39. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?






40. An incident-exposure reading for a fair-skinned subject reads f/8 - 1/125th at 100 ISO. The next subject is very dark skinned. What is the proper exposure for the second subject?

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41. Most inkjet printers intended for photographic printing include light and dark inks of all of the colors except for one. Which color ink is usually available only in one density?






42. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?






43. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






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






45. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?






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






47. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






48. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






49. 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?






50. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.