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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

Positive/positive printing

Photography; Professional photography

Process for printing a colour transparency directly on paper to produce a positive print.

Tripod

Photography; Professional photography

Three legged camera support. The legs usually feature sections that permit height adjustments.

Artificial light film

Photography; Professional photography

Colour film balanced for use ion tungsten Artificial light, usually 3200 K.

Depth of field

Photography; Professional photography

Distance between the nearest point and the farthest point in the subject which is perceived as acceptable sharp along a common image plane.

Triplet lens

Photography; Professional photography

Lens consisting basically of three elements, a diverging lens sandwiched between two converging lenses.

Artificial light

Photography; Professional photography

All light not originating from a natural source - normally the sun.

Density

Photography; Professional photography

Amount of silver deposit produced by exposure and development. It is measured in terms of the logarithm of opacity, where opacity is the light stopping power of a medium.

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