Outline of photography

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to photography:

Photography – the process of making pictures by the action of recording Light patterns, reflected or emitted from objects, on a photosensitive medium or a sensor through a timed exposure. The process is done through mechanical, chemical or electronic devices known as cameras.

Contents 1 Forms of photography 2 Camera and photography equipment 3 Photographic processing 4 Photography techniques 5 History of photography 6 General photography concepts 7 Lists 8 See also 9 External links

Forms of photography

• Aerial photography –
• Astrophotography –
• Candid photography –
• Cloudscape (photography) –
• Conceptual photography –
• Documentary photography –
• Erotic photography –
• Fashion photography –
• Fine art photography –
• Food photography –
• Environmental portrait –
• Fire photography –
• Forensic photography –
• Glamour photography –
• High speed photography –
• Nature photography –
• Nude photography –
• Paparazzi –
• Photojournalism –
• Photomicroscopy –
• Portrait photography –
• Post-mortem photography –
• Endoscopy –
• Senior portraits –
• Still life photography –
• Stock photography –
• Street photography –
• Underwater photography –
• Vernacular 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

• C-41 process –
• Cross processing –
• Developer –
• Dye coupler –
• E-6 process –
• Fixer –
• Push processing –

Photography techniques

• Afocal photography –
• Bokeh –
• Contre-jour –
• Color photography –
• Cross processing –
• Cyanotype –
• Dodging and burning –
• Film developing –
• Full spectrum photography –
• Harris shutter –
• Kite aerial photography –
• High dynamic range imaging (HDR) –
• Holography –
• Light painting –
• Macro photography –
• 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 –
• Infrared photography –
• Ultraviolet photography –
• Time-lapse –

History of photography

• Timeline of photography technology –
• Camera obscura –
• Daguerrotype –
• Autochrome Lumière –
• Dufaycolor –
• Farm Security Administration –
• William Fox Talbot –

General photography concepts

• Composition in visual arts –
• Rule of thirds –
• Gelatin-silver process –
• Gum printing –
• Image histogram –
• Exposure –
• Negative –
• Focus –
• Auto focus –
• Depth of field –
• Photograph –
• Print permanence –
• Vignetting –
• Shutter speed –
• Aperture –
• F-number –
• Field of view –
• Perspective (visual) –

Lists

• List of photographers
• List of most expensive photographs
• List of photographic equipment makers

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.

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• Camera Obscura - digital library on the history photographic techniques