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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focus distance mark

Photography; Professional photography

A mark indicating where the current focus distance appears in the focus distance display.

focus distance indicator

Photography; Professional photography

A display on the lens that shows the focus distance.

A short form of “subject-to-camera distance information”, for use only where space restrictions prohibit use of the full term. Subject-to-camera distance information refers to the data supplied to ...

element

Photography; Professional photography

Short for “optical element”: one of a number of simple lenses, prisms, or mirrors that together make up a more complex optical system, such as a compound lens. In lens and camera manuals, “lens” ...

flare

Photography; Professional photography

Flare may take the form of aberration flare caused by lens aberrations or flare caused by light from the sun, car headlights, or other light sources that are much brighter than surrounding objects ...

ghosting

Photography; Professional photography

A duplicate image of the sun, car headlights, or other bright light source at a different position in the frame from the original light source. Ghosting is distinct from flare, in which light from a ...

focus-mode switch

Photography; Professional photography

A switch on some lens used to select A/M (autofocus with manual override, AF priority), M/A (autofocus with manual override, MF priority), and/or M (manual focus) modes.