(photography) a piece of film in which the light areas of an
object appear dark and the dark areas appear light, used in making photographic prints. Where the original
scene was bright, the negative will be dark and dense. Where the
scene was dark, the negative will be
thin or even
clear. In making a print, light is shined through the negative onto photographic printing paper. More light passes through the
thin or
clear areas of the negative than through the dense areas, thus some parts of the paper get more
exposure to the light than others. The more light a portion of the paper is exposed to, the darker it becomes. Thus the negative
image on the film
reverses in the
process of making a print, resulting in a positive
image in the photograph. If you can
walk into a darkroom and
turn yourself out a good negative and a good print, who the
devil wants to know anything about
chemistry,
don't you see?
(photography) a piece of film in which the light areas of an
object appear dark and the dark areas appear light, used in making photographic prints. Where the original
scene was bright, the negative will be dark and dense. Where the
scene was dark, the negative will be
thin or even
clear. In making a print, light is shined through the negative onto photographic printing paper. More light passes through the
thin or
clear areas of the negative than through the dense areas, thus some parts of the paper get more
exposure to the light than others. The more light a portion of the paper is exposed to, the darker it becomes. Thus the negative
image on the film
reverses in the
process of making a print, resulting in a positive
image in the photograph. If you can
walk into a darkroom and
turn yourself out a goodTgood negative and a good print, who the
devil wants to know anything about
chemistry,
don't you see?
- Studying Introduction (18 June 64)