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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

Creative lighting system

Photography; Professional photography

A flash control system for compatible cameras and flash units that ensures optimal results through a combination of ambient and flash lighting.

Crop

Photography; Professional photography

To cut the edges off a picture, leaving a rectangular area (crop) containing the desired portion of the image.

Cool-station

Photography; Professional photography

An accessory that allows some COOLPIX cameras to be connected to an AC adapter, USB cable, and/or A/V cable.

Directionality

Photography; Professional photography

A item in the specifications section of the manual that expresses the variability in the microphone's sensitivity depending on its orientation.

Lock ring

Photography; Professional photography

The name of a microphone part, a nut used when the device is mounted on the camera hot shoe.

Cable stop

Photography; Professional photography

The name of a microphone part, a channel used to act as a brake on the cable.

Side zoom control

Photography; Professional photography

A control used exclusively to zoom the lens in and out. It is on the left side of the lens when the camera is viewed from the user's perspective (i.e., from the rear). This control is added to ...

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