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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Refraction

Photography; Professional photography

Change in direction of light rays as they pass obliquely from one transparent medium to another of different density, e.g. air to glass.

Luminance

Photography; Professional photography

Measurable amount of light which is emitted by or reflected from a source.

Reflex camera

Photography; Professional photography

Camera system which uses a mirror to reflect incoming image rays on to a ground glass screen, providing a system of viewing and focusing. See also SLR.

Is a system of photography which produces prints and transparencies with a three-dimensional effect. A cylindrically embossed lenticular screen is placed in contact with the film and a shutter behind ...

Xerography

Photography; Professional photography

Is a photographic process which uses an electrically charged metal plate. On exposure to light the electrical charge is destroyed, leaving a latent image in which shadows are represented by charged ...

Colour balancing philtres

Photography; Professional photography

Philtres used to balance colour film with the colour temperature of the light source and prevent the formation of colour casts.

Ghost images

Photography; Professional photography

Bright spots of light, often taking the shape of the aperture, which appear in the camera viewfinder or in the final photograph when a lens is pointed at a bright light like the sun. Ghost images ...