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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Modelscope

Photography; Professional photography

Is a device employing a short rigid endoscope fitted with a right angle mirror at its tip, used to photograph scale models from a seemingly eye-level viewpoint

Printing paper invented by Blanquart-Evrard in the mid-19th century where egg whites were used to coat the paper base prior to sensitization. The albumen added to the brightness of the white base and ...

Contrast grade

Photography; Professional photography

Numbers (usually 1-5) and names (soft, medium, hard, extra-hard, and ultra hard) of the contrast grades of photographic papers.

Hot shoe

Photography; Professional photography

Fitting on the top of many cameras designed to hold accessories, such as a flash gun.

Back focus

Photography; Professional photography

Distance between the back surface of the lens and the image plane, when the lens is focused at infinity.

Rear focus

Photography; Professional photography

Refers to the focused area behind the picture's subject.

Wet collodion

Photography; Professional photography

Is a much improved calotype developed by Frederick Scott Archer. A sensitised glass plate was dipped into a bath of silver nitrate and exposed while still wet. The improved speed made much shorter ...