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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Aperture-priority
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Blue & Green
aperture diameter

2. Focal length controls what?
Aperture and shutter
One stop
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

3. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
Blue
White (255)
emphasizes textures
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card

4. What is a derivative file?
sRGB
A RAW file that has been altered
It increases
3:1 or 4:1

5. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Blue
Shutter-Priority
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Short lighting

6. Contrast measures what in a print?
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
The difference between light and dark.
One stop
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker

7. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.
Aperture and shutter
Bit
Reflected light meter
Follow focus

8. What is the inverse square law?
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
White (255)
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color

9. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?
flat - low contrast light
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
stopped down

10. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?
A high contrast image
9
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.
Cyan

11. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
sensor
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.
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Glossy paper

12. What light source has the highest color temperature?
flat - low contrast light
RAID system
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

13. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?
Levels adjustment
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
Shutter-priority

14. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Total number of pixels
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.

15. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
9
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.
Aperture and shutter

16. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.
Reciprocal relationship
A RAW file that has been altered
Selecting portions of the image based on color
It increases

17. What are the effects of high side lighting?
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.
four times more
Because you can move in close to the subject
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree

18. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Levels adjustment
aperture diameter
Depth of field

19. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
5 -000 Kelvin
Lasso tool

20. If an image is too green - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
JPEG
Add magenta
Butterfly lighting
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

21. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
Fair Use
One stop
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

22. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?
9
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Fair Use

23. 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?
The sensor's sensitivity to light
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Metadata
5000K

24. What is dodging?
8 stops
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Yellow
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area

25. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Short lighting
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
four times more
3200 Kelvin

26. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?
sensor
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Glossy paper

27. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
ISO
Selecting portions of the image based on color
Add yellow
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color

28. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
Snoot
Cyan
Shutter-Priority
aperture diameter

29. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.
Black (0)
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Add blue
Fisheye

30. What does side lighting emphasize?
All colors
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
emphasizes textures
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

31. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
256

32. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Use and adjustment layer
Aperture-Priority

33. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
5 -000 Kelvin
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.
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background

34. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Soft proofing
Add red
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

35. Bit depth refers to what?
emphasizes textures
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.

36. What is focal length - technically?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
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.

37. What is burning?
The impression human vision gives
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Add blue

38. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
Shutter-priority
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
5 -000 Kelvin

39. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
In the middle
Short lighting.
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Aperture and shutter

40. A histogram shows what in an image?
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Shutter speed & aperture
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
lens-to-subject distance

41. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Blown highlights
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

42. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?
Snoot
White (255)
Magenta
Infinity

43. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?
Contrast
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.
Because you can move in close to the subject
1 1/3 stops

44. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.
Incident light meter
Bit
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
stopped down

45. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?
3:1 or 4:1
A raster image
Add yellow
Dynamic range

46. What does ISO stand for?
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
A new layer
International Organization for Standardization

47. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Blue & Green
Blue
Cyan

48. What is an element and where is it found?
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Shutter-Priority

49. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
White (255)
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
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.
Half as much light

50. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?
International Organization for Standardization
Parallax
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)