| five | | direct printing process |
| Dektol | | process of attaching photo to mat board using press |
| Tack Iron | | print made by placing negative face down on photo paper |
| DarkRoom | | solution used to make photographs permanent, 3rd tray in darkroom |
| White Light | | difference in darkness or density between one tone and another |
| mat board | | hot tool used to initially tack adhesive to photo |
| thirty seconds | | candles, sun, electric lights |
| Emulsion | | letting light fall on light sensitive paper |
| Positive | | to trim a photograph to make it more visually pleasing |
| Photography | | print made from direct printing method |
| Enlarger | | light sensitive coated paper used in photographic processes |
| Photo Paper | | coating on photo paper, shiny or matte |
| Photogram | | red or amber light used in darkroom |
| Contact Printer | | glass plates placed under enlarger, holds photo paper |
| Fixer | | amount of time photos stay in Stop Bath |
| Exposure | | light tight box used to protect photo paper |
| Contrast | | means light writing |
| StopBath | | optical instrument used as a light source when enlarging photographs |
| Chemistry | | number of minutes photos stay in Developer |
| Crop | | room equipped with red safe lights but no white light |
| Water | | rigid board to which photos are attached for display |
| Dry Mount | | chemicals for developing film |
| Paper Safe | | acid based solution used to stop developing, 2nd tray in darkroom |
| Safelight | | developer used in darkroom |
| Negatve | | number of minutes photos stay in Fixer |
| one | | used to clean residue from prints, 4th tray in darkroom |
