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Photography vocabulary

Terms

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copy deck
acetate base
plastic part of the film (shiny side)
safe-light
light that paper isn't sensitive to
safe for paper (red or yellow) to look for the shiny side
Tone
color of image paper stock
surface
glossy-matte
speed
sensitivity to light
weight
thickness of backing
contrast
range of greys b-w
high contrast
1-2-3-4-5-6
Agitate
rock back and forth
tank
film development method
T-Max
develope
photo flo
dries w/o spots
parallax
dots/angle diff. between what you actually see in the viewfinder
F-stop
lens opening
depth of field
amount in front and behind subject
light meter
measuring the amount of light
single lens reflex
directly what you see
tray
development method
loading bag
load film-complete darkness
H20
water as stop bath
contact print
a picture of your negative
positive image
a picture of a negative
proof sheet
same as contact print
expose
expose the negative to white light
stop bath
stops developers
emulsion
shiny side/glossy side - light sensitive
plate glass
placed on top of negative & paper
contact printer
a box that contains its own light source
hypo clear
gets rid of fixer
print dryer
dries prints
fixer
gets rid of light sensitive particles and hardens emultion

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