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photography Definition

pho·tog·ra·phy (fə täg′rə fē)

noun

the art or process of producing images of objects upon a photosensitive surface (as film in a camera) by the chemical action of light or other radiant energy

Etymology: photo- + -graphy

photography Synonyms

photography

n.

picture-taking, portrait photography, view photography, aerial photography, tactical photography, photogrammetry, candid camera photography, snapshooting*; see also reproduction 1.

photography Usage Examples

Preposition: as

  • hobby: In 1999 Brian became bored with photography as a hobby, as well as a profession.

Converse of object

  • rectify: This has been recorded in detail using rectified photography.

Adjective modifier

  • aerial: The last two sources also provide aerial photography down to the street level for much of the UK.
  • underwater: Here he shows how underwater photography provides a window on the hidden world of the sea.
  • digital: A chance to learn the basics of digital photography, which is suitable for beginners.
  • stunning: Tonight he takes us on an entertaining northern odyssey, illustrated with some stunning photography.
  • black-and-white: Herrmann said he wanted " to complement the black-and-white photography of the film with a black-and-white score.
  • contemporary: Our collection has always been at the creative edge of contemporary photography.

Modifies a noun

  • index: Back to the photography index Do you have a story about the regional press?
  • exhibition: I've missed a photography exhibition at the Custard Factory.
  • enthusiast: For design and photography enthusiasts, for those interested in.. .
  • competition: The winners of the photography competition will be announced in the Upper Common Room at 15.30.
  • studio: Opening in Summer 2006 we will have a new, state-of-the-art photography studio on campus.
  • gallery: View examples of our work in our wedding photography gallery For further information about our wedding photographer service including date availability, contact us.

Noun used with modifier

  • reportage: Or alternatively, try the current trend of reportage photography or even a mix of the two.
  • wedding: You will find all your wedding photography requirements on Our Wedding Memories.
  • close-up: You should always try to achieve the greatest depth of field possible, as in close-up photography this is always small.
  • time-lapse: Time-lapse photography in intervals of 1 sec to 1 hour are available.
  • flash: Rapid Flash function enables up to three shots per second, enabling high speed flash photography.
  • macro: For macro photography the camera can focus within 1cm of the subject.
photography Quotes

If photography is allowed to stand in forart in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thankstothenatural support it will find inthestupidityof themultitude.It must return toits real task, which isto be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.

—Baudelaire, Charles

   La photographie, c'est la ve¤  rite¤  . Le cine¤  ma: la ve¤  rite¤   vingt- quatre fois par seconde. Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

—Godard,Jean-Luc

Photography, because it stops the flow of life, is always flirting with death.

—Berger,John Peter

It's funny: you hate authorityand thenyour photography takes on an authority.

—Baker, Colin

   Photography was conceived as a mirror of the universal elements and emotions ofthe everydayness of lifeöas a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world.

—Steichen, Edward Jean