Art and practice of creating images by recording light
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
Applied photography
Scientific photography
Scientific imaging
Medical imaging
Creating images of the human body or parts of it, to diagnose or examine disease.
Commercial photography
Police and military photography
Social dimensions of photography
Photojournalism
Political dimensions of photography
Photography and desire
Subjects, styles, and formats
Photographic subjects
Photographic styles
See also: Scientific imaging
Art and theory
Art and photography
Theory
Photographic technology
See also: History of photographic technology
Image capture
Camera
Types of camera
Parts of a camera
Lens
Accessories
Film
Lighting
Projection
Photographic effects
Photographic processing
Digital processing
Processes
Papers, prints, and -types
Photographic techniques
Photographic concepts
Optics
Color
Digital imaging
Photography organizations
Photographic equipment makers
Museums and libraries
Museums and libraries with significant photography collections.
Photographers
Photographers by nationality
History of photography
History of photographic technology
Pioneers and inventors of photographic technology
Historic photographic processes
History of photography in culture and art
Lists
External links
- 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