| This is an ever-evolving glossary of photography related terms. They range from terms involved at the front end of, as Chris Ogden would say, "making" (not "taking") fine art photos, all the way through to Printing Fine Art Photos (ie, ways of bringing the photographer's artistic vision to life via a tangible print). Whether the photography type is stunning landscapes, intriquing abstracts, edgy man vs. nature, or more traditional corporate, commercial, and portraiture - there's something here for most everyone. We've tried to include content to appeal to other photographers (regardless of if you're shooting with a camera phone, a consumer point and click, a pro 35mm DSLR such as Canon 1dS Mark II, digital medium format, etc.) or collectors of Fine Art! |
| Toning | Toning changes the overall color and stability of a photograph. Gold toning, which usually increases contrast, image stability, and permanence, originated during the era of the daguerreotype. It was commonly used with albumen prints in order to impart a rich purplish-brown color. Selenium is currently the most commonly used toner. It slightly increases the tonal range and density of a print, giving it a deeper, richer tone. Like gold, selenium coats the silver in the emulsion, producing a more stable print. Selenium toning can also produce a "split-tone" photograph on certain papers, creating an image with silvery highlights and rich burgundy shadows. Toning a gelatin silver print changes the chemical composition by depositing sulfur, copper, gold, iron, mercury, palladium, platinum, selenium, or vanadium compounds on the surface. This results in a variety of color effects, ranging from brown, green, and blue to purple, red, and yellow hues. (with thanks to the Aperture Foundation)
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| Transparency Print | A positive photographic image on a transparent or translucent support, such as glass or film. Autochrome, the first commercially viable glass plate transparency, was introduced by the Lumiere brothers in 1907, and remained in use until it was supplanted by Kodachrome, introduced by Kodak in 1935. (with thanks to the Aperture Foundation)
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