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.

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T-grain technology

Photography; Professional photography

Name for Kodaks film emulsion technology used in all Kodak APS films. Uniquely shaped grains that align better than conventional silver crystals absorb and transmitting light more effectively to ...

Type A film

Photography; Professional photography

Colour film balanced to artificial light sources at a colour temperature of 3400K.

MQ/PQ developers

Photography; Professional photography

Are developing solutions containing the reducing agents metol and hydroquinone or phenidone and hydroquinone.

M-synch

Photography; Professional photography

Is a flash setting or socket which synchronises the firing of the shutter with the peak light output of a flash bulb.

Numerical system running from 0-14 and used to express the alkalinity or acidity of a chemical solution. 7 is neutral. Solutions with a lower pH value are increasingly acidic, and those with a higher ...

AF lock

Photography; Professional photography

Stops autofocus operation once the subject is in focus. Useful when shooting a subject outside the focus area in the viewfinder. The photographer should first lock the focus with the subject inside ...

American Standards Association (ASA)

Photography; Professional photography

Original system of rating photographic materials, which was devised by the American standards Association. The ISO rating system is now used in place of the ASA.