Tuesday, March 25, 2008

CONTACT PRINT

Definition: An image made by placing a negative in tight contact with a sheet of photographic paper or other piece of film, then exposing it to light. Although it is usually done with a photographic negative to make a positive. Contact prints can also be made positive to negative, or, with special types of film, positive or negative to negative.

Definition: A print made by exposing photographic paper while it is held tightly against the negative. Images in the print will be the same size as those in the negative.

Definition: negative sized photograph made by exposing printing paper in direct contact with the negative.

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