Photography Film Strip terminology
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copy deck
- Cropping
- resizing the picture to trim down unwanted parts
- Negative Carrier
- carries the negative emulsion side down
- Lamphouse
- where light source is
- Easel
- holds paper flat for enlarging
- Lens
- has F-stops, filter carriers
- Contrast
- Range of grays from b-w
- Normal Contrast
- used to make test exposures
- Test Print
- used to show different exposure areas so that there is a good contrast
- Print Dryer
- dries prints
- Enlarger
- a camera in reverse. Projects light through a negative onto photographic paper.
- F-stop
- controls how much light will reach the enlarging paper
- Timer
- used to control the length of time the light from the enlarger will expose the paper
- Enlarging Easel
- holds the paper flat during the exposure
- Contact sheet
- puts a positive image on paper
- Density
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the darker the negative, the more light that is needed to print the negative
Thickness of film's emulsion - Size of enlargement
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Bigger enlargements require more light
The higher longer exposure films - Type of paper
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high-contrast paper generally require longer exposure
sensitivity to light - Type of enlarger
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some enlargers use higher wattage bulbs than others
different wattage bulbs - "DODGING"
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during - giving less light to some part of the print
Makes an area lighter
dodging is done during - "Burning IN"
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After-giving additional light to some part of the print. Additional light will make that area of the print darker.
burning is done after - "Perspective Control"
- tilting the easel to change the perspective of the paper during exposure
- Speed
- Sensitivity to light
- Acetate base
- shiny side of the negative
- hypo clear
- speeds up wash time by getting rid of fixer
- fixer
- harding emulsion; takes away light sensitive particles
- spotting
- process of darkening light spots on the print caused by dust or other materials on the negative
- Bleaching
- the process of lightening dark spots on the print with laundry bleach or potassium ferrocynide
- Dry mount
- using heat sensitive dry mount tissue and a dry mount press. Mounts a picture
- Focus
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making image clear.
focus enlarger