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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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Traveling with Photo Equipment

By Nancy Hill Traveling with photo equipment can get complicated, but traveling without photo equipment would be pointless to anyone who loves photography, so here are some pointers that should take some of the stress out of it. 1. If you’re flying, carry your camera onboard with you to avoid damage. When you go through metal detectors, ask the attendant to hand-screen your film. To ...Read More »

Color & Light Articles

  • Light and Color in Photography Light is one of a photographer’s most important considerations. In fact, any photograph captures the effect of light on objects, ...Read More »
  • Additive Color Additive Color refers to the process of adding primary colors (of the given color system) together to produce secondary colors. ...Read More »
  • Ambient Light Ambient Light refers to any light in a given scene that isn’t artificial light, light supplied by the photographer. Sunlight, ...Read More »
  • Blooming Blooming refers to the phenomenon that occurs when the pixels on a digital camera overflow with sensory information. When the ...Read More »
  • CMYK CMYK is a particular color model based on four primary colors: cyan (bluish-green), magenta, yellow and key (black). Occasionally pronounced ...Read More »
  • Color Depth Color Depth refers to the number that a given pixel is assigned in a photograph. The number that a pixel ...Read More »
  • Color Systems Color system, also known as color space, refers to the manner in which colors are abstractly represented as numbers. In ...Read More »
  • Color Temperature Color temperature, a term borrowed from physics, is the measurement (in Kelvins) of a color’s intensity on a scale of ...Read More »
  • Color Wheel A Color wheel is a diagram that maps colors by their relationship to the other colors on the circle. While ...Read More »
  • Exposure Exposure is a term that relates the amount of light that is “exposed,” or shined upon, the film in a ...Read More »