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Technical terms	Angle of view; Aperture; 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

Genres	Aerial; Black-and-white; Commercial; Cloudscape; Documentary; Erotic; Fashion; Fine art; Forensic; Glamour; High speed; Landscape; Lomography; Nature; Nude; Photojournalism; Pornography; Portrait; Post-mortem; Senior; Social documentary; Sports; Still life; Stock; Street; Vernacular; Underwater; Wedding; Wildlife


Techniques	Afocal photography; Bokeh; Contre-jour; Cyanotype; Fill flash; Fireworks; Harris shutter; High speed; Holography; Infrared; Kite aerial; Long exposure; Macro; Mordançage; Multiple exposure; Night; Panning; Panoramic; Photogram (Kirlian); Print toning; Rephotography; Rollout; Sabatier Effect; Stereoscopy; Stopping down; Sun printing; Tilt-shift; Time-lapse; Ultraviolet; Vignetting


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; Grid; Monolight; Snoot; Softbox; Umbrella; Wireless sync); Lens; Manufacturers; Movie projector; Slide projector; Tripod; Tripod head; Zone plate


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


Digital photography	Digital camera (D-SLR; Comparison of D-SLRs; Digital 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 (CMYK color model; Color space; Primary color; RGB color model)


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