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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Swing back/front

Photography; Professional photography

Term used to describe the movable lens and back panels of most view and monorail cameras. They allow manipulation of perspective and depth of field.

Continuous tone

Photography; Professional photography

Term applied to monochrome negatives and prints, where the image contains a gradation of density from white through grey to black, which represents a variety of subject luminosities.

Hill cloud lens

Photography; Professional photography

Lens with a 180° angle of view, used for photographing cloud formations and other meteorological work.

Phosphotophotography

Photography; Professional photography

Technique of projecting an infrared image on a phosphorescent surface.

Philtres

Photography; Professional photography

Coloured glass, gelatin or plastic disks, which modify the light passing through them, mainly in terms of colour content. They can be used at the camera or printing stages.

Mirror lens

Photography; Professional photography

Is a lens system which uses mirrors within its internal construction. Most lenses of this type have a mixture of reflecting and refracting optics and are known as catadioptric lenses.

Separation images

Photography; Professional photography

Technique of producing an image by combining photographs produced on a material or using equipment which is sensitive to one region of the visible spectrum.