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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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Transmitted light

Photography; Professional photography

Light which is passed through a transparent or translucent medium. The amount of light transmitted depends on the density of the medium through which it is passed and on the brightness of incident ...

Autowinder

Photography; Professional photography

Film wind-on mechanism which moves the film on one frame each time the shutter is released.

Diffraction grating

Photography; Professional photography

Optical attachment that separates light into its constituent colors.

Lamp black

Photography; Professional photography

Pure carbon pigment, made from soot deposited from burning oils.

Kromskop

Photography; Professional photography

Early viewing instrument invented by F.E. Ives, embodying a system of mirrors and colour philtres to synthesise a full colour image. This enabled monochrome transparencies made from separation ...

Potassium thiocyanate

Photography; Professional photography

Chemical used in some fine grain developers as a silver solvent.

Universal developer

Photography; Professional photography

Name given to a number of developing solutions, usually MQ, indicating that they can be used for processing films and papers.

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