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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Dynamism

Photography; Professional photography

Picture structuring which relates to a sense of movement and action.

Light trap

Photography; Professional photography

System of entry to a darkroom which allows easy access, but prevents unwanted light from entering.

Grey card

Photography; Professional photography

Card with an 18 percent grey tint (reflectance) used to determine exposure by taking a metre reading from subject light reflected by the card.

Technique of lighting large, dark interior. The camera, mounted on a tripod, is given a long time exposure. The photographers moves continuously around the interior, giving flash or battery powered ...

Stereoscopic camera

Photography; Professional photography

Camera designed to take simultaneous images of the same subject from viewpoints separated by the same distance as that between the eyes.

Bromide paper

Photography; Professional photography

Most common type of photographic printing paper. It is coated with an emulsion of silver bromide to reproduce black & white images.

Restrainer

Photography; Professional photography

Chemical constituent of developing solutions which helps prevent reducing agents from affecting unexposed halides and converting them to black metallic silver.