Nikon Digital pro Shooter Dictionairy

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<dl> <dt>Amateur Photographer: </dt><dd> Someone who takes photos because they want to

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</dt><dt>Pro Photographer: </dt><dd> Someone who takes photos because someone else pays for them

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</dt><dt>Consumer: </dt><dd> Someone industry relies on to purchase lots of stuff that sees little use

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</dt><dt>ProSumer: </dt><dd> Someone industry relies on to purchase lots and lots of stuff before they figure out that it doesn’t really work the way it is supposed to and then buy the replacement a year later

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</dt><dt>Hobbyist: </dt><dd> Someone who has enough time to actually figure out how to make the products they buy work the way they are supposed to

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</dt><dt>“Project”: </dt><dd> What you tell people you’re working on when you’re really just out taking pictures

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</dt><dt>“Customer”: </dt><dd> Someone willing to write you a check

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</dt><dt>“Client”: </dt><dd> Someone willing to write you a check more than once

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</dt><dt>Studio: </dt><dd> Laundry room with 2 strobe lights, used mostly after the rest of the family has gone to bed.

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</dt><dt>Digital Studio: </dt><dd>
Laundry room with 2 strobe lights and a computer.
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</dt><dt>Fine Art Print: </dt><dd> Anything you sell for more than you spent on paper and ink

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</dt><dt>Rush Job: </dt><dd> Something I forgot to do yesterday and now need to rush someone else to make my deadline

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</dt><dt>Urgent Rush Job: </dt><dd> Something the client forgot to do and now needs me to rush around and do for them

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</dt><dt>Contract Proof: </dt><dd> If this proof print doesn’t make the client happy they reserve the right to take out a contract on the printer and photographer

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</dt><dt>Color Management: </dt><dd> The process of hiring, training and setting appearance goals for the colors you need for a project. Then reviewing their achievements and firing any colors which do not perform as required.

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</dt><dt>Raw files: </dt><dd> Files you purchase from the meat department to be cooked at home. These contrast with JPEG files which you buy in the freezer section and warm in the microwave.

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</dt><dt>Software Activation: </dt><dd> A way to make sure that when something unpleasant like a computer crash happens it becomes really, really unpleasant. Also gives you someone else besides yourself and your computer vendor to curse when it happens.

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Andy

rahmonster

:giggle.