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.

Areas of practice[edit]

Applied photography[edit]

Scientific photography[edit]

Scientific imaging[edit]

Medical imaging[edit]

Creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease.

Bioluminescence imaging – a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein.
Calcium imaging – determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent light.
Diffuse optical imaging – using near-infrared light to generate images of the body.
Diffusion-weighted imaging – a type of MRI that uses water diffusion.
Endoscopy – a procedure using an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body.
Fluorescence lifetime imaging – using the decay rate of a fluorescent sample.
Fluorescence image-guided surgery – used to detect fluorescently labelled structures during surgery.
Gallium imaging – a nuclear medicine method for the detection of infections and cancers.
Imaging agent – a chemical designed to allow clinicians to determine whether a mass is benign or malignant.
Imaging studies – which includes many medical imaging techniques.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – a non-invasive method to render images of living tissues.
Microscopy – creating images of objects or features too small to be detectable by the naked human eye.
Molecular imaging – used to study molecular pathways inside organisms.
Non-contact thermography – is the field of thermography that derives diagnostic indications from infrared images of the human body.
Nuclear medicine – uses administered radioactive substances to create images of internal organs and their function.
Optical imaging – using light as an investigational tool for biological research and medical diagnosis.
Optoacoustic imaging – using the photothermal effect, for the accuracy of spectroscopy with the depth resolution of ultrasound.
Photoacoustic Imaging – a technique to detect vascular disease and cancer using non-ionizing laser pulses.
Ultrasound imaging – using very high frequency sound to visualize muscles and internal organs.

Commercial photography[edit]

Police and military photography[edit]

Social dimensions of photography[edit]

Photojournalism[edit]

Political dimensions of photography[edit]

Photography and desire[edit]

Subjects, styles, and formats[edit]

Photographic subjects[edit]

Photographic styles[edit]

Photographic formats[edit]

Art and theory[edit]

Art and photography[edit]

Theory[edit]

Photographic technology[edit]

Image capture[edit]

Camera[edit]

Types of camera[edit]

Parts of a camera[edit]

Lens[edit]

Accessories[edit]

Film[edit]

Lighting[edit]

Beauty dish
Fill light
Flash
- Flash synchronization
- Red-eye effect
Gobo
Guide number
Key light
Light meter
Monolight
Reflector
Snoot
Softbox

Projection[edit]

Photographic effects[edit]

Photographic processing[edit]

Digital processing[edit]

Processes[edit]

Papers, prints, and -types[edit]

Photographic techniques[edit]

Photographic concepts[edit]

Composition
Density
- Callier effect
- Characteristic curve
- Contrast
- Reciprocity
Exposure
- Shutter speed
- Aperture
- F-number
- Exposure compensation
- Exposure value
- Exposure latitude
- Zone system
- Metering mode
- Time exposure
Moire patterns

Optics[edit]

Color[edit]

Digital imaging[edit]

Digital image formats[edit]

Photography organizations[edit]

Photographic equipment makers[edit]

Museums and libraries[edit]

Museums and libraries with significant photography collections.

Photographers[edit]

Women photographers

List of photographers

Photographers by nationality[edit]

History of photography[edit]

History of photographic technology[edit]

History of the camera
- Camera obscura

Pioneers and inventors of photographic technology[edit]

Historic photographic processes[edit]

History of photography in culture and art[edit]

Lists[edit]

External links[edit]

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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Equipment	Camera light-field digital field instant pinhole press rangefinder SLR still TLR toy view Darkroom enlarger safelight Drone Film base format holder stock available films discontinued films Filter Flash beauty dish cucoloris gobo hot shoe lens hood monolight reflector snoot softbox Lens long-focus prime zoom wide-angle fisheye swivel telephoto Manufacturers Monopod Movie projector Slide projector Tripod head Zone plate
Terminology	35 mm equivalent focal length Angle of view Aperture Backscatter Black-and-white Chromatic aberration Circle of confusion Color balance Color temperature Depth of field Depth of focus Exposure Exposure compensation Exposure value Zebra patterning F-number Film format large medium Film speed Focal length Guide number Hyperfocal distance Lens flare Metering mode Perspective distortion Photograph Photographic printing Albumen Photographic processes Reciprocity Red-eye effect Science of photography Shutter speed Sync Zone System
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Composition	Diagonal method Framing Headroom Lead room Rule of thirds Simplicity Golden triangle (composition)
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Regional	Albania Bangladesh Canada China Denmark Greece India Japan Korea Luxembourg Norway Philippines Serbia Slovenia Sudan Taiwan Turkey Ukraine United States Uzbekistan Vietnam
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Color photography	Color Print film Chromogenic print Reversal film Color management color space primary color CMYK color model RGB color model
Photographic processing	Bleach bypass C-41 process Collodion process Cross processing Developer Digital image processing Dye coupler E-6 process Fixer Gelatin silver process Gum printing Instant film K-14 process Print permanence Push processing Stop bath
Lists	Most expensive photographs Museums devoted to one photographer Photographs considered the most important Photographers Norwegian Polish street women
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