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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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Professional photography
smear
Photography; Professional photography
An unwanted visual phenomenon associated with bright objects that usually appears in digital images as a coma of white light emanating from the bright light source.
snapshot
Photography; Professional photography
An informal photograph, composed on the fly as a record of an event rather than as an artistic creation.
soften
Photography; Professional photography
Of photographs: To blur slightly, hiding blemishes and other unwanted details.
software
Photography; Professional photography
A collection of programs, procedures, and related documents performing some task or set of tasks in a computer system. Often contrasted with the physical elements of the system (“hardware”).
speedlight
Photography; Professional photography
A type of Nikon flash unit. Use this term only in the product name; never use as a generic term for “flash unit”.
spot metering
Photography; Professional photography
A metering method that meters only a small portion of the frame.
stand-by mode
Photography; Professional photography
A mode in which the camera is on stand-by, consuming less power.
