English > picture taking: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of taking and printing photographs. |
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| Synonym | photography |
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| Category of | backed | Used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
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| black-and-white, black and white | not having or not capable of producing colors |
| blow up, enlarge, magnify | make large |
| color, colour | Having or capable of producing colors |
| 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) |
| contrasty | Having sharp differences between black and white |
| dedication, inscription | A short / short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something |
| develop | make visible by means of chemical solutions |
| expose | expose to light, of photographic film |
| flat | lacking contrast or shading between tones |
| handcolor, handcolour | color by hand |
| intensification | The act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) |
| mask, block out | shield from light |
| overexpose | expose excessively |
| overexpose | expose to too much light |
| photograph, snap, shoot | record on photographic film |
| photography | The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies |
| processor | someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) |
| record | Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events |
| retake | photograph again |
| reticulation | (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion |
| sensitize, sensitise | make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion |
| sitting, posing | (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) |
| solarize, solarise | overexpose to sunlight |
| solarize, solarise | Become overexposed |
| solarize, solarise | 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 |
| touch up, retouch | alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance |
| underdevelop | process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature |
| underdevelopment | (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast |
| underexpose | expose insufficiently |
| underexpose | expose to too little light |
| x-ray | Take an x-ray of something or somebody |
| Narrower | exposure | The act of exposing film to light |
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| filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography | The act of making a film |
| radiography | photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light |
| telephotography | photography using a telephoto lens |
| xerography | forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate |
| Broader | pictorial representation, picturing | visual representation as by photography or painting |
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| Spanish | fotografia, fotografía |
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| Catalan | fotografía, fotografia |
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