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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Candle metre

Photography; Professional photography

Also known as a lux and defined as the illumination measured on a surface at a distance of one metre from a light source of one international candle power.

Container holding several sheets of film, so devised that when fitted to the camera the photographer can pull a tab to remove an exposed sheet and replace it with another. Film packs are typical with ...

Self toning paper

Photography; Professional photography

Obsolete silver chloride paper used for contact printing in daylight.

Afocal lens

Photography; Professional photography

Lens attachment that alters the focal length of the camera lens without disturbing the distance between the lens and the film plane.

Contact print

Photography; Professional photography

Negative sized photograph made by exposing printing paper in direct contact with the negative.

High art photography

Photography; Professional photography

General term for an early form of artistic photography (1851-1870), in which photographers set out to match the style and subject matter of paintings of the period.