photography

Noun
  1. The act of taking and printing photographs (synset 100905257)
    associated with:
    • posing, sitting - (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
    • intensification - the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)
    • photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
    • contrast - the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
    • dedication, inscription - a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
    • record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
    • processor - someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
    • reticulation - (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
    • underdevelopment - (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
    • retouch, touch up - alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
    • blow up, enlarge, magnify - make large
    • handcolor, handcolour - color by hand
    • sensitise, sensitize - make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
    • photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film
    • retake - photograph again
    • x-ray - take an x-ray of something or somebody
    • block out, mask - shield from light
    • overexpose - expose excessively
    • underexpose - expose insufficiently
    • expose - expose to light, of photographic film
    • overexpose - expose to too much light
    • solarise, solarize - overexpose to sunlight
    • solarise, solarize - become overexposed
    • underexpose - expose to too little light
    • solarise, solarize - reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it
    • develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions
    • underdevelop - process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature
    • color, colour - having or capable of producing colors
    • black and white, black-and-white - not having or not capable of producing colors
    • flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones
    • contrasty - having sharp differences between black and white
    • backed - used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
    is a type of: pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting
    subtypes:
    same as: picture taking
  2. The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces (synset 113557997)
    associated with:
    • develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions
    • underdevelop - process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature
    • redevelop - develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
    is a type of: physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
    subtypes:
    • anaglyphy - the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens
    • autotype, autotypy - process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
    • digital photography - a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction
    • dry plate, dry plate process - a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion
    • photomechanics, photoplate making - the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods
    • powder method, powder photography, powder technique - a process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification
    • radiography, skiagraphy - the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light
    • scanning - the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer
    • video digitizing - the process of capturing and converting and storing video images for use by a computer
  3. The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies (synset 100621794)
    referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
    associated with: intensify - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
    is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

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