Professional photography

Professional photography

Professional photography is the occupation of taking pictures and selling them freelance or as part of a contract usually with a publication.

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high key

Photography; Professional photography

photograph which contains large areas of light tones, with few middle tomes or shadows.

phenol varnish

Photography; Professional photography

resin used to produce a hard durable top coating.

surrealism

Photography; Professional photography

originally an early 1920s artistic movement, now taken to indicate the production of unreal images which defy reason.

capping shutter

Photography; Professional photography

extra shutter used in some medium format cameras or in conjunction with a group of extreme high speed shutters.

number by which an unfiltered exposure reading must be multiplied to give the same effective exposure through the filter. This compensates for the absorption of light by the filter. This process is ...

mirror box

Photography; Professional photography

is a box containing one or more mirrors, usually angled to the light beam, as in the main body of an SLR camera.

sensitometry

Photography; Professional photography

scientific study of the response of photographic materials to exposure and development. It establishes emulsion speeds and recommended development and processing times.