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Photography is an expansive art form that includes more than just portraiture, landscape or glamor photography. Both professional and amateur photographers may favor specific types of photography over others. While a professional photographer may work in photojournalism, an amateur may be particularly interested in macro-photography. Read on to learn more about the various types of photography.
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- Autofocus (AF) Autofocus refers to a camera’s ability to automatically adjust and focus its lens on a framed image. It functions by ...Read More »
- Basic Composition for Photography Photography composition skills mark the difference between a photograph and a snapshot. Point and click shots are taken without considering ...Read More »
- Circle of Confusion Circle of confusion (also referred to as blur circle, disk of confusion and circle of indistinctness) refers to the effect ...Read More »
- Cropping Cropping is the process of cutting part of an image out of a picture to make the final photograph fit ...Read More »
- Depth of Field Depth of Field refers to the distance around an object that appears in focus in the frame or photograph. The ...Read More »
- Depth of Focus Depth of Focus measures the displacement of film within a camera. Also known as “lens-to-film tolerance”, depth of focus is ...Read More »
- Distortion Distortion refers to an abnormality in image or sound quality. In photography, image distortion can occur in a photograph for ...Read More »
- Double Exposure Double Exposure refers to the technique of imposing two images into a singe space, either by taking two pictures on ...Read More »
- Dots per Inch (DPI) Dots per Inch (DPI), a measurement of resolution, refers to the number of dots a printed photo contains per square ...Read More »
- F-Number F-Number, also known as a focal ratio, is the ratio of the diameter of the lens aperture to the length ...Read More »
