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.

Industry: Photography

Add a new term

Contributors in Professional photography

Become a Contributors

Professional photography

Alkalinity

Photography; Professional photography

Denotes the degree of alkali in a solution, measured in pH values. All values above pH 7 are alkaline.

Contrasty

Photography; Professional photography

Negative, print or scene with great differences between the highlights and shadows.

Critical aperture

Photography; Professional photography

Setting at which a lens gives its best performance. The setting offers the best compromise between diffracting due to small aperture and lens aberrations apparent at wide apertures.

Incident light

Photography; Professional photography

Light falling on a surface, as opposed to reflected by it.

Photo telegraphy

Photography; Professional photography

Transmission of pictures between two points by means of radio or telegraph. A print is wrapped around a cylinder and scanned by a small spot of light. Reflected light values are transmitted as a ...