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If you're not used to it, some of the language used to describe photography is baffling. Here is a short explanation of some of these terms.
agitation

rapid movement of photographic film or paper in photographic chemical solution that ensures an even amount of processing across the film or paper area.

approval print

a corrected photographic print made for customer approval (usually made when large quanties of prints from the same image is required.

asa speed a guide to the amount of light necessary to produce a normal exposure on photographic film. The higher the asa speed, the faster the film.
base what the film emulsion sits on (paper, glass, plastic or cellulose acetate).
borderless print prints that do not have a white border, where the image extends to the edge of the print.
burning in (print) to darken a specific area of the print to bring out more detail. When using an enlarger, more exposure is given to an area of the image. When working with a digital image, more exact areas can be chosen and more controil is possible.
candids unposed images, such as those at Wedding Receptions or Bar Mitzvahs.
canvas mount an image is bonded to a coarse artists canvas and then stapled to a stretcher frame.
color balance the overall color cast of color in an image. Correct color balance implies that the colors in the image reproduce satisfactorily for effect or realistic duplication.
color correction to alter or adjust the overall color reproduction of photographic prints during printing.
color negative the developed color film that contains a reverse color image. This is used to produce prints.
commercial a category of photographic prints usually classified to non-people images.
contact print a print made by exposing negatives directly against photographic paper. The images will be the same size as those on the negatives. One overall color balance is usec to print all images, usually resulting in varying color balance across images.
copy negative a negative that is exposed from prints or flat art, usually produced when an original negative or transparency isn't available.
crop using only a portion of the image on a negative, slide or file. We have a variety of East Crop masks and 35mm crop masks available.
crop for subject crop to eliminate as much of the background as possible.
crop to center subject to crop whatever area of the image is necessary to center the main subject to the printed image area.
cross over  
custom lab  
custom print  
definition  
density  
depth of field  
develop  
diffusion  
display transparency  
dodging on a print  
dry mounting  
dry mount press  
emulsion  
emulsion side  
enlargement  
enlarger  
exposure  
exposure latitude  
f-stop  
f-surface  
finishing  
flare  
flat art  
flat lighting  
fluorescent light  
flush mount  
focus  
fogging  
foamcor  
format  
full frame  
gamma  
gatorboard  
glossy print  
grain  
high contrast  
image  
infrared film  
internegative  
lacquer  
laminating  
latent image  
layout  
line negative  
long roll film  
machine print  
magnification  
mailer  
masonite  
matte  
mounting  
n-surface  
negative  
odd-size print  
order envelope  
original  
over exposure  
overlaminate  
package prints  
pan  
panpaper print  
paper processing  
parallax  
permanence  
perspective correction  
photo processing  
portrait negative  
positive  
print  
process and print  
process only  
proofs  
proportion  
pull processing  
push processing  
quality control  
reciprocity failure  
reproduction grade  
reticulation  
retouching (negative)  
retouching (print)  
right reading  
roll film  
saturated colors  
scan  
sepia  
sharpnesssheet film  
slide  
soft focus  
special effects  
splicing  
spotting  
stain  
stretcher frame  
texture screen  
transparency  
typeset  
underexposure  
vericolor print film  
video analyser  
vignette  

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