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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Panorama

Photography; Professional photography

Picture presenting a continuous view of the landscape, produced either by using a panoramic camera or from a composite of several images.

Gyroscopic camera mount

Photography; Professional photography

Device employing a gyroscope to help stabilise hand held cameras subject to movement or vibration from outside sources.

Panoramic camera

Photography; Professional photography

Camera with a special type of scanning lens which rotates on its rear nodal point and produces an image of the scanned area on a curved plate or film.

Stopping down

Photography; Professional photography

Reducing the size of the lens aperture and thus the amount of light passing into the camera. It increases depth of field.

Built-in metre

Photography; Professional photography

Reflective light metre built directly into the camera so that exposures can be easily made for the cameras position.

Stop bath

Photography; Professional photography

Chemical bath whose purpose is to stop development by neutralising unwanted developer. This increases precision of development and prevents carry over of one chemical into another during development.

Buffer

Photography; Professional photography

Chemical substance used to maintain the alkalinity of a developing solution, particularly in the presence of bromine which is produced during development.