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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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Close-up

Photography; Professional photography

General term for an image of a close subject, i.e. filling the frame.

Fresnel magnifier

Photography; Professional photography

Condenser lens used at the centre of some ground glass viewing screens to aid focusing.

Dye transfer print

Photography; Professional photography

Method of producing colour prints via three colour separation negatives. Negatives are used to make positive matrixes, which are dyed in subtractive primaries and printed in register.

Light trail

Photography; Professional photography

Image track recorded on photographic material when a point of light is shifted during exposure.

Rear curtain sync

Photography; Professional photography

When the flash fires an instant before the second or rear curtain of the focal plane shutter begins to move. When slow shutter speeds are used, this feature can create a blur effect from the ambient ...

Wedge spectrogram

Photography; Professional photography

Is an indication of the spectral sensitivity of a sensitised material by exposing it to a spectrum of light through a graduated grey wedge.

Non-substantive

Photography; Professional photography

Is a name given to colour film in which the colour couplers are not contained within the emulsion, but are introduced during processing.

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