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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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Neutralizer

Photography; Professional photography

Is a chemical designed to counteract and make inactive another chemical solution.

Snoot

Photography; Professional photography

Cone shaped shield used on spotlights to direct a cone of light over a small area.

Batch numbers

Photography; Professional photography

Set of numbers printed on packages of sensitive materials to indicate common production coating.

Water bath

Photography; Professional photography

Are large water filled containers used to maintain processing trays, tanks or chemicals at the correct temperature.

Chronophotography

Photography; Professional photography

Technique pioneered by Eadweard Muybridge, for recording objects in motion by taking photographs at regular intervals.

Focusing screen

Photography; Professional photography

Ground glass screen fixed to the camera at the image-forming plane, enabling the image to be viewed and focused.

Zoetrope

Photography; Professional photography

Is an early device for creating illusion of continuous motion. A sequence of still pictures was viewed so quickly through slits in a rotating drum, that the images appeared to merge.

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