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Certified Professional Photographer

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






2. What is the inverse square law?






3. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?






4. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






5. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






7. What is a thyristor?






8. 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?






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






10. What are luminance and illuminance?






11. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?






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






13. What is the effect of front lighting?






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






15. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






16. What are IPTC fields used for?






17. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






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






19. What is a Bit?






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






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






22. 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?






23. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






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






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






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






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






28. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.






29. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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30. What are the effects of top lighting?






31. What is a flag?






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






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






34. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?






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






36. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?






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






38. What is a color profile?






39. What is a BYTE?






40. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






42. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






44. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






48. What is a derivative file?






49. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






50. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?