Photography notes

Enlarger

specialised transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives, or from transparencies

ambient light

natural lighting

aperture

a hole or an opening through which light travels

contact sheet

a sheet of frames used as a proof print

developer

a chemical that converts the latent image to the visible image

exposure

amount of light entering the cameras sensor

fixative

a mix of chemicals that stabilises the image and removes all the bad things on the photographic film or paper

depth of field

how far in the distance you can see the photo

f-stop

the aperture size or stop that controls the size of the lens opening

photography

draw with light