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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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Gum bichromate
Photography; Professional photography
Contact printing process once very popular for the manipulative, impressionistic effects it makes possible. Drawing paper is coated with a mixture of gum, potassium bichromate and a pigment of any ...
Panning
Photography; Professional photography
Technique of photographing moving subjects. While the shutter is open, the camera is swung in the same direction as the subject is moving. This creates a blurred background, but a sharp subject.
Extension bellows
Photography; Professional photography
Device used to provide the additional separation between lens and film required for close-up photography.
Mat
Photography; Professional photography
Is an alternative term used for matte. Also describes the cardboard surround in a picture frame.
Rising front
Photography; Professional photography
Camera movement enabling the front lens panel to be raised or lowered from its central position on most view cameras.
Acceptable circle of confusion
Photography; Professional photography
The size of the largest circle which the eye cannot distinguish from a dot. In 35mm format cameras, a 0.03mm diameter circle of confusion is considered acceptable. It is used to calculate ...
Stereoscopy
Photography; Professional photography
Method of creating a three dimensional effect on a two dimensional surface using a pair of images taken from slightly different viewpoints, and viewed through specially made stereo viewers.
