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1
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The camera aperture that is two stops smaller than f/8 is:

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f/4

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2
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Which of the following photographic techniques requires that the camera be moved during exposure?

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Panned Action

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3
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The man who introduced the Kodak camera and roll film was

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George Eastman

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4
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The camera setting that adjusts for different color temperatures is the

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White Balance

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5
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The first permanent photograph is called “View from his Window at Le Gras” and was created by

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Joseph Niepce

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6
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If a camera uses a separate lens for viewing or a viewfinder window, the eye sees a different area than the taking lens sees. This difference is known as

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The Pinhole Effect

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7
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According to the Reciprocity Law, f-8 at 1/125 of a second will yield the same exposure as

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f 5.6 at 1/500

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8
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Most cameras save images in a compress file format known as

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JPEG

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9
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In photography, the term “bracketing” means

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Shooting one stop over and one stop under.

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10
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“Select All” is under the:

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Select Menue

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11
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Color systems divide all colors into the following measurements:

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Hue, Value, and Saturation.

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12
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The function of an eyedropper in Photoshop is to:

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Select Color

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13
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“B” is a shortcut in Photoshop that refers to:

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Paintbrush Tool

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14
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When taking a portrait, it is generally best to focus on:

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The Tip of the Nose

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15
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The hot shoe allows the photographer to use:

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A Flash

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16
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The digital file format that is considered a “digital negative” is:

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RAW

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17
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The color temperature outdoors at noon on a clear day is approximately:

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5500 K

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18
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A principle of design referring to the arrangement of visual elements to create stability in artwork. There are four balances arrangements in art: asymmetrical, symmetrical, approximately symmetrical, and radial.

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Balance

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19
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A principle of design that refers to ways of combining elements to produce the appearance of movement in an artwork. It may be achieved through repetition, alternation, or progression of an element.

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Rythym

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20
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The space not occupied by an object or figure but circulating in and around it, contributing to the total effect of the composition.

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Negative Space

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21
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Third exposure variable; refer to a film’s sensitivity to light or how much light is needed for a good exposure

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Film Speeds

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22
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In photographic composition, the rule of thirds is

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Not centering the object.

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23
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How will your best photographs look on a histogram?

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There is no such thing as a good or a bad histogram it depend on what you are trying to accomplish.

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24
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f/2 is twice as much light as __________.

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f/4

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25
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Describe a situation where you would want to use a large aperture hole (for minimum depth of field).

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When photographing a subject standing in front of a busy wallpapered wall so you can throw the wall out of focus

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26
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What is large aperture? (minimum depth of field)

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When the background is blurred.

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27
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What is a small aperture?

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When everything is visible.

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28
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Printers connect to a computer using:

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Flash memory cards, a dock into which you insert your camera, USB port with cables, wirelessly or Bluetooth connectivity. (all of the above?)

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29
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When choosing a printer archival quality is important because prints made with cheap inks and paper will fade of deteriorate, even when stored in the dark.

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True

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30
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How do filters work?

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filters help organize your images. Anything that helps work flow. Might be all of the above.

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31
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What is the reason for organizing you images?

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To locate the faster and to work faster. To label your images, this might have more than one answer… B&C?

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32
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Why do photographers use studio lighting? What is the major purpose of artificial lighting?

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There are times when nature doesn’t provide the light we need to take photos.

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33
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A __________ is small cable used to connect the camera to the studio lights.

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Sync Cord

34
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What kind of light will a gold reflector bounce onto the subject?

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It will produce a warmer cast on the subject

35
Q

Their purpose is to hold lights, umbrellas, diffusers, softboxes and other lighting devices in a fixed position:

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Stands

36
Q

You can bounce some of the light back onto the subject using a __________ to open shadows and soften contrast.

A

Reflector

37
Q

A light-tight room with equipment to print photos under red safelight.

A

Darkroom

38
Q

This setting adjusts the flash output, without changing the aperture or shutter speed. This is an ideal way to balance flash and natural light:

A

Flash Exposure Lock (FEL)

39
Q

Space, line, shape, form, color, value and texture. The tools the artist works with to create an artwork according to the principles of design.

A

Elements of Design.

40
Q

What is the price you pay for using higher ISO settings?

A

Noise in image.

41
Q

A subtractive color system used in most printers These colors are?

A

CMYK

42
Q

The problem with using your camera’s autoexposure system is that not all scenes average out to middle gray.

A

True

43
Q

As color temp rises as the sun goes down.

A

False

44
Q

A 3 light system contains

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Fill, Key, Hair

45
Q

The focal length of a 300mm lens is considered

A

Telephoto

46
Q

Which filter reduces glare

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Polarizer

47
Q

One of the four factors of measuring fair use judges consider

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the purpose and character of your use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, the effect of the use upon the potential market. Could potentially be all of the above.

48
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Frame with in a frame is a type of Principle of Design.

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False.

49
Q

Steps is critique process

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describe, analyze, interpret, evaluate

50
Q

Best mm of a portrait lens

A

85mm

51
Q

Constraints proportions does this in photoshop resize

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keeps the image in proportion when enlarging or reducing size

52
Q

Which of the following is NOT a blend mode in Photoshop?

A

Extract

53
Q

To remove a pimple from a portrait in Photoshop, you could use the

A

Healing Tool, Clone Stamp Tool, Spot Healing Brush, Patch Tool. All of the above.

54
Q

If an image is too blue, you could color correct it by adding

A

Yellow

55
Q

Which of the following may cause noise in a digital image?

A

Underexposure, high ISO, Ambient heat, all of the above.

56
Q

While using an ISO of 200, the correct exposure of a subject front lit by the sun on a clear day would be (sunny 16 theory)

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1/125 at f/16

57
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f-11 at 1/60 of a second will yield the same exposure as

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f-8 at 1/125

58
Q

The acronym “TTL” stands for

A

Through The Lens

59
Q

The 2 most common types of digital image sensors are ____ and _____.

A

CCD, CMOS

60
Q

Macro lenses

A

are used to photograph close-ups.

61
Q

A technique for lightening portions of an image is known as:

A

Dodging.

62
Q

A histogram:

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shows the brightness values of the pixels within an image.

63
Q

The primary additive colors that make up white light are:

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blue, green, red

64
Q

“Layers” in Photoshop are:

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Stacked in Images.

65
Q

In Photoshop, the “Fill…” command is found under the:

A

Edit menu

66
Q

The exposure meter built into your camera is

A

a reflective meter

67
Q

To avoid camera shake, the slowest shutter speed you should use while hand-holding a camera with a 200mm lens is:

A

1/60

68
Q

A technique in which the artist creates the illusion of depth by placing one object in front of another.

A

Overlapping

69
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A principle of deign concerned with the inclusion of differences in the elements of a composition to offset unity and add interest to an artwork.

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Variety

70
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Shutter Priority Mode is

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Photographer controls shutter speed, camera sets f/stop for an accurate exposure

71
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In photographic composition, having the subject dominate the frame is

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the subject occupying 66% or more of the photo

72
Q

A shutter speed is

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A control of light by the amount of time light hits the film/CCD

73
Q

In Photoshop, this tool is used to avoid making permanent changes to your original image.

A

Masking

74
Q

What is the reason for noise in your photographs?

A

High ISO Setting

75
Q

Explain what exposure affects in a photograph?

A

how light or dark an image is, how much light strikes the image sensor, how much light enters through the camera lens.

76
Q

How do you detect noise in a photograph (where would you look to see color cast)?

A

black or shadow areas

77
Q

Thousands of nozzles spray picoliter-sized droplets of ink to recreate the color of each pixel in the image. The tiny dots of color in each pixel visually blend into one of millions of possible colors. Which printer is being described?

A

inkjet printers

78
Q

(Black or white) objects reflect most of the wavelengths that strike it, absorbing relatively few.

A

white

79
Q

A technique for darkening portions of an image is known as:

A

burning

80
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Pure white areas of a photograph should have an RGB setting of __________.

A

255

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