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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

Camera movements

Photography; Professional photography

Mechanical systems most common on large format cameras which provide the facility for lens and film plane movement from a normal standard position.

Fill-in

Photography; Professional photography

Light used to illuminate the shadow areas of a scene.

Microflash

Photography; Professional photography

Is an electronic flash of very short duration used to illuminate subjects travelling at a very high rate of speed.

Film

Photography; Professional photography

Photographic material consisting of a thin transparent plastic base coated with a light sensitive emulsion.

Selective focusing

Photography; Professional photography

Method of adjusting the lens aperture and shutter speed to give a depth of field that will limit image sharpness to a particular area of the image.

Condenser enlarger

Photography; Professional photography

Enlarger with a sharp, undiffused light that produces high contrast and high definition in a print.

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