Outline of photography
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to photography:
Photography – process of making pictures by the action of recording light patterns, reflected or emitted from objects, on a photosensitive medium or an image sensor through a timed exposure. The process is done through mechanical, chemical, or electronic devices known as cameras.
What type of thing is photography?
Photography is the process of capturing images and fix them in a natural environment sensitive to light. The basic elements of photography are the camera , the object to be photographed, the existing light and photographer. Thus, the picture is simply that a photographer captures a picture or scene having a given light through a camera.Photography can be described as all of the following:
- Art – aesthetic expression for presentation or performance, and the work produced from this activity. (The art of) Photography produces photographs (art).
- One of the arts – as an art form, painting is an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. Photography creates a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse.
- A branch of the visual arts – visual arts is a class of art forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and others, that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature.
- One of the arts – as an art form, painting is an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. Photography creates a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse.
Forms of photography
- Abstract photography
- Aerial photography
- Architectural photography
- Astrophotography
- Aviation photography
- Black and white photography
- Candid photography
- Celebrity photography
- Cloudscape photography
- Conceptual photography
- Conservation photography
- Digital photography
- Documentary photography
- Endoscopy
- Environmental portrait
- Erotic photography
- Fashion photography
- Fine-art photography
- Fire photography
- Fireworks photography
- Flash photography
- Food photography
- Forensic photography
- Fundus photography
- Geophotography
- Glamour photography
- High-speed photography
- Industrial photography
- iPhoneography
- Kirlian photography
- Lifestyle photography
- Lo-fi photography
- Lomography
- Long-exposure photography
- Macro photography
- Medical photography
- Monochrome photography
- Narrative photography
- Nature photography
- Night photography
- Nude photography
- Old-time photography
- Panoramic photography
- Paparazzi
- Photojournalism
- Photomicroscopy
- Portrait photography
- Post-mortem photography
- Senior portraits
- Social photography
- Social documentary photography
- Still life photography
- Stock photography
- Straight photography
- Street photography
- Subminiature photography
- Time-lapse photography
- Travel photography
- Ultraviolet photography
- Underwater photography
- Vernacular photography
- War photography
- Wedding photography
- Wildlife photography
Camera and photography equipment
- Camera
- Dry box
- Film base
- Film format
- Film holder
- Film scanner
- Film stock
- Filter
- Flash
- Movie projector
- Photographic film
- Photographic lens
- Slide projector
- Still camera
- Toy camera
- Tripod
- View camera
Photographic processing
Photographic techniques
- Afocal photography
- Bokeh
- Contre-jour
- Color photography
- Cross processing
- Cyanotype
- Dodging and burning
- Film developing
- Full-spectrum photography
- Harris shutter
- Kinetic photography
- Kite aerial photography
- High-dynamic-range imaging (HDR)
- Holography
- Light painting
- Macro photography
- Miniature faking
- Monochrome photography
- Motion blur
- Night photography
- Panoramic photography
- Panning
- Photogram
- Photographic print toning
- Photographic processing
- Push printing
- Rephotography
- Rollout photography
- Solarisation
- Stereoscopy
- Stopping down
- Sun printing
- Tilt–shift photography
- Infrared photography
- Ultraviolet photography
- Time-lapse photography
History of photography
- Timeline of photography technology
- Camera obscura
- Daguerreotype
- Autochrome Lumière
- Dufaycolor
- Farm Security Administration
- William Fox Talbot
General photography concepts
- Composition in visual arts
- Image histogram
- Exposure
- Negative
- Focus
- Photograph
- Vignetting
- Shutter speed
- Aperture
- F-number
Lists
- List of photographers
- List of most expensive photographs
- List of photographic equipment makers
- List of street photographers
See also
External links
- Daguerreotype to Digital: A Brief History of the Photographic Process From the State Library & Archives of Florida.
- Judging the authenticity of Photographs: 1800s to Today Guide for collectors and historians
- Rarities of the USSR photochronicles Pioneers of Soviet Photography.
- "Every Picture Has a Story" - uses pictures from the Smithsonian's collections to show the development of the technology through the nineteenth century.
- Shades of Light (Australian Photography 1839 - 1988) the online version of the original Shades of Light published 1998, Gael Newton, National Gallery of Australia.
- Illustrated Photography - Basic Photography - The basics of photography explained in a series of articles.
- Camera Obscura - digital library on the history photographic techniques
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