The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to photography:
Areas of practice
Applied photography
Scientific photography
Aerial photography Aerial archaeology Astrophotography Autoradiography Cartography and photography Chronophotography Fundus photography Geophotography Phototherapy Pseudocolor Remote sensing Schlieren photography Scientific visualization Visual anthropology
Scientific imaging
Acoustic holography Dark-field microscopy Electron microscope False-color High-speed photography Holography Kirlian photography Photogrammetry Photomicrography Multispectral imaging Ultraviolet photography Infrared photography Full-spectrum photography
Medical imaging
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
Celebrity photography Concert photography Fashion photography Food photography Freelance photography Head shot Industrial photography Kodak Girl Product photography "knolling" Sports photography Stock photography Wedding photography Yearbook "You press the button, we do the rest"
Police and military photography
Forensic photography Mug shot War photography
Social dimensions of photography
Blind photography Conservation and restoration of photographs Visual anthropology Vernacular photography Selfie
Photojournalism
Documentary photography Life (magazine) List of photojournalists Narrative photography Paparazzi Photo-essay Social documentary photography Social photography War photography
Political dimensions of photography
Agitprop Censorship Conservation photography List of photographers of the civil rights movement Propaganda
Photography and desire
Erotic photography Fashion photography Glamour photography List of BDSM photographers Nude photography Pin-up model Pornography
Subjects, styles, and formats
Photographic subjects
Architectural photography Fireworks photography Nature photography Cloudscape photography Conservation photography Landscape photography Underwater photography Wildlife photography Night photography Portrait photography Street photography Subminiature photography
Photographic styles
Abstract photography Candid photography Environmental portrait Low-key photography Old-time photography Snapshot Still life Straight photography
Photographic formats See also: Scientific imaging
Black and white Color photography Chemigram Chemogram Digital photography Lo-fi photography Lomography Monochrome photography Panoramic photography Photogram Stereoscopic photography Virtual reality Xerography
Art and theory
Art and photography
Abstraction American Realism Appropriation Art Artists books Conceptual photography Modernism Exhibitions The Family of Man Festivals
Theory
Aesthetics Art criticism Conceptual photography Constructed reality Decisive moment Deconstruction Ideology Memory Truth Representation Semiotics Social representation Time and space Visual anthropology Voyeurism
Photographic technology
See also: History of photographic technology
Cabinet photograph Color photography Digital photography Digiscoping Microphotography Photogenic drawings Photometry Stereoscope
Image capture
Bracketing Burst mode Exposure Time-lapse photography
Camera
Types of camera
Box camera Brownie camera Camera obscura Camera phone Digital single-lens reflex camera Diana camera Digital camera Zebra patterning Disposable camera Field camera Instant or polaroid camera Pinhole camera Point and shoot camera Press camera Rangefinder camera Single-lens reflex camera Three-CCD camera Twin-lens reflex camera Toy camera View camera
Parts of a camera
Camera back Shutter Hotshoe Aperture Viewfinder
Lens
Fisheye lens Lens Lens hood Perspective control lens Telecentric lens Telephoto lens Wide-angle lens Zoom lens
Accessories
Cable release Filter Monopod Tripod
Film
35 mm Anti-halation backing Film base Film developing Film format Film holder Film speed Sensitometry Film stock Grain Photographic plate Infrared film Instant film Negative Reversal film
Lighting
Beauty dish Fill light Flash Flash synchronization Red-eye effect Gobo Guide number Key light Light meter Monolight Reflector Snoot Softbox
Projection
Photographic effects
Bokeh Contre-jour Motion blur Sabattier effect
Photographic processing
Airgraph Bas-relief Color Darkroom Developer Dufaycolor Dye coupler Enlarger Fixer Hand-coloring of photographs Photographic print toning Heliograph Image stabilization Instant photography Lomography Minilab Orthochromatic Photosculpture Photographic printing Safelight Solarization Stop bath
Digital processing
Adobe Photoshop Digital printing High-dynamic-range imaging (HDR) Image histogram Scanning Film scanner Unsharp masking
Processes
Alternative process Bleach bypass Bromoil process Cross processing Cyanotype Double exposure Gum bichromate Infrared Oil print process Pinhole Platinum process Polaroid art Redscale Sprocket hole Through the Viewfinder C-41 process Collodion process Contact printing Dodging and burning Dye transfer process E-6 process Gelatin silver process Half-tone process K-14 process Lippmann process Printing Process camera Push printing Push processing Sun printing Wet collodion process
Papers, prints, and -types
Anthotype Blotting paper Bromide paper Calotype Carbro Chromogenic print Chrysotype Cyanotype Contact print Gum printing Hillotype Hyalotype Kallitype Litmus paper Melainotype Paper negative Physautotype Print permanence Photograph Woodburytype
Photographic techniques
Afocal photography Chemigram Chemogram Harris shutter Kinetic photography Kite aerial photography Light painting Macro photography Miniature faking Panning Photogram Pseudo-solarization Rephotography Rollout photography Stereoscopy Stopping down Tilt–shift photography Time-lapse photography
Photographic concepts
Composition Rule of thirds Field of view Headroom Perspective (visual) Lead room Framing Golden triangle (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
Angle of view Chromatic aberration Field of view Focus Autofocus Depth of field Depth of focus Hyperfocal distance Soft focus Distortion Electromagnetic spectrum Fourier optics Focal length 35mm equivalent focal length Gaussian optics Lens flare Newton's rings Orb (optics) Optical transfer function Optical aberration Perspective Perspective distortion Polarized light Vignetting
Color
CMYK color model Color balance Color management Color photography Color space Color temperature Colorimetry Primary color RGB color model
Digital imaging
Image Compression Gaussian blur Image histogram Histogram equalization Image scaling Logarithms Noise Pixel Posterization
Digital image formats
DNG GIF JPEG PNG RAW TIFF
Photography organizations
Farm Security Administration Missions Héliographiques National Geographic Royal Photographic Society Société française de photographie
Photographic equipment makers
Canon Fujifilm Hasselblad Ilford Kodak Leica Minolta Nikon Pentax Polaroid
Museums and libraries Museums and libraries with significant photography collections.
Center for Creative Photography Family of Man Museum, Clervaux Castle, Luxembourg George Eastman Museum Getty Museum Moreira Salles Institute International Center of Photography International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum Library of Congress Metropolitan Museum of Art Musée d'Orsay Museo de Arte de Lima Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Jewish Heritage Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art, Washington DC National Portrait Gallery UK National Portrait Gallery US Niepce Museum New York Public Library Smithsonian American Art Museum Tate Galleries
Photographers
Men photographers
List of photographers
List of women photographers List of Jewish American photographers List of street photographers Photography by indigenous peoples of the Americas
Photographers by nationality
List of US photographers List of Chinese photographers List of German photographers List of Greek photographers List of Korean photographers List of New Zealand women photographers List of Norwegian photographers List of Polish photographers List of Slovenian photographers List of Turkish photographers
History of photography
History of photographic technology
History of the camera Camera obscura
Pioneers and inventors of photographic technology
Hippolyte Bayard Louis Daguerre George Eastman Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky John Herschel Eadweard Muybridge Nicéphore Niépce William Fox Talbot Thomas Wedgwood
Historic photographic processes
Ambrotype Autochrome Lumière Calotype Collodion process Cyanotype Daguerreotype Dufaycolor Heliography Platinum print Salt print Tintype
History of photography in culture and art
Bauhaus Cliche-verre Dada Decisive moment Farm Security Administration Formalism Fotoform Futurism Gallery 291 Group f.64 Harlem Renaissance Impressionism The Linked Ring Modernism Neorealism Neue Sachlichkeit Neues Sehen / New Vision New Documents New Topographics Orientalism Photo-Secession Photomontage Pictorialism Pop art Postmodernism Realism Socialist realism Straight photography Surrealism Vortograph Wiener Aktionismus / Viennese Actionism
Lists List of most expensive photographs List of photographs considered the most important
External links
Judging the authenticity of Photographs: 1800s to Today Guide for collectors and historians Rarities of the USSR photochronicles Pioneers of Soviet Photography.