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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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Professional photography

Optical wedge

Photography; Professional photography

Is a strip of material, clear at one end and gradually increasing in opacity, which is used to determine the effect of light intensities on sensitised materials.

Sprocket holes

Photography; Professional photography

Perforations on both edges of 35mm film, which engage with the teeth of the film transport mechanism.

Border

Photography; Professional photography

Edge of a photographic print - either left white, or printed black.

Enprint

Photography; Professional photography

Small enlarged print, with dimensions of a fixed ration, produced commercially in an automatic printer. Usually 3 ½" wide.

Acuity

Photography; Professional photography

Subjective term for the visual sharpness of an image.

Hard

Photography; Professional photography

Defines a scene, negative or print with high contrast.

Pellicle (pellicule)

Photography; Professional photography

Thin film used in one-shot colour cameras as a semi-reflecting surface.

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