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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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Colour head

Photography; Professional photography

Enlarger illumination system that has built-in adjustable philtres for colour printing.

Graduated philtre

Photography; Professional photography

Philtre with a coloured section, which gradually reduces in density toward the centre of the filter. The rest of the philtre is clear. Also referred to as a Graduated philtre

Ordinary emulsion

Photography; Professional photography

Is a term applied to a photographic emulsion which is only sensitive to ultra-violet and blue light.

Squeegee

Photography; Professional photography

Tool with rubber blades or rollers, used to squeeze water out of wet prints.

Boric acid

Photography; Professional photography

Compound used in certain fixers to prolong shier hardening life.

Entrance pupil

Photography; Professional photography

Size of the beam of light which, entering the elements of a compound lens that are in front of the aperture, completely fills the iris diaphragm.

Mackie line

Photography; Professional photography

Is an effect sometime found on a negative or print, in which a light line forms along the boundaries of the darkest image areas. It may also be caused during processing by the diffusion of exhausted ...

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