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 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.

Forms of photography

Camera and photography equipment

Photographic processing

Main article: Photographic processing

Photographic techniques

History of photography

Main article: History of photography

General photography concepts

Lists

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

Photography

Outline of photography

Terminology	35 mm equivalent focal length Angle of view Aperture Black-and-white Chromatic aberration Circle of confusion Color temperature Depth of field Depth of focus Exposure Exposure compensation Exposure value F-number Film format Film speed Focal length Guide number Hyperfocal distance Metering mode Perspective distortion Photograph Photographic printing Photographic processes Reciprocity Red-eye effect Science of photography Shutter speed Sync Zone system White balance

Genres	Aerial Architectural Commercial Conceptual Conservation Cloudscape Documentary Erotic Fashion Fine-art Fire Forensic Glamour High-speed Landscape Lomography Nature Nude Photojournalism Pornography Portrait Post-mortem Selfie Senior Social documentary Sports Still life Stock Street Vernacular Underwater Wedding Wildlife

Techniques	Afocal photography Bokeh Contre-jour Cyanotype Exposing to the right Fill flash Fireworks Harris shutter High-speed Holography Infrared Kirlian Kite aerial Long-exposure Macro Mordançage Multiple exposure Night Panning Panoramic Photogram Print toning Redscale Rephotography Rollout Scanography Sabatier effect Stereoscopy Stopping down Strip (Slit-scan) Sun printing Tilt–shift Time-lapse Ultraviolet Vignetting Xerography

Composition	Diagonal method Framing Geometry and symmetry Headroom Lead room Rule of thirds Simplicity

Equipment	Camera (pinhole rangefinder SLR still TLR toy view) Darkroom (enlarger safelight) Film (base format holder stock) Filter Flash (beauty dish cucoloris gobo hot shoe grid monolight snoot soft box umbrella wireless sync) Lens Manufacturers Monopod Movie projector Slide projector Tripod (head) Zone plate

History	Timeline of photography technology Analog photography Autochrome Lumière Box camera Calotype Camera obscura Daguerreotype Dufaycolor Heliography Painted photography backdrops Photography and the law Visual arts

Digital photography	Digital camera (D-SLRs (comparison) MILC camera back) Digiscoping Digital versus film photography Film scanner Image sensor (CMOS APS CCD Three-CCD camera Foveon X3 sensor) Photo sharing Pixel

Color photography	Color Color film (print slide) Color management (color space primary color CMYK color model RGB color model)

Photographic processing	Bleach bypass C-41 process Cross processing Developer Digital image processing Dye coupler E-6 process Fixer Gelatin silver process Gum printing K-14 process Print permanence Push processing Stop bath

Lists	Most expensive photographs Photographers (Norwegian Polish street women)

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