The ABC of Photography – Chromogenic film
Chromogenic film A fine-grain photographic film that produces black-and-white images, but is processed using C41 colour chemistry. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
The ABC of Photography – Chromatic aberration
Chromatic aberration A lens fault common in telephoto lenses in which different colours of white light are focused at slightly different distances, creating ugly coloured haloes around the edges of a photographic subject. Software can…
The ABC of Photography – Chimping
Chimping This is a short form of ‘checking image preview’. It refers to the act of looking too frequently at the image on your camera’s LCD screen, rather than concentrating…
The ABC of Photography – Channel mixer
Channel mixer A feature in Photoshop that enables you to adjust the red, green and blue channels to increase or decrease colour saturation, or convert an image to monochrome. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield…
The ABC of Photography – Centre-weighted
Centre-weighted A type of built-in metering system provided as an option on some cameras. Center-weighted meters measure light intensity across the entire image area but bias the average in favor of light…
The ABC of Photography – Catchlight
Catchlight A white highlight in the eye of the subject, which is a reflection of the light source. The shape, size, and intensity of the highlight, as well as the number of highlights,…
The ABC of Photography – Cartridge film
Cartridge film A type of photographic film housed in a plastic cassette. Because it’s light-tight, the film can be loaded into a camera in daylight. 126 cartridge film was introduced by Kodak in 1963, followed…
The ABC of Photography – Camera trap
Camera trap A remotely activated camera used for documenting the behavior of animals in the wild without the photographer being present. The camera’s shutter is usually triggered when an animal’s movement is detected…
The ABC of Photography – Camera shake
Camera shake The blurring of the image caused by the movement of the camera during the exposure. Handheld cameras are prone to camera shake, and the fastest available shutter speed needs to be used…
The ABC of Photography – Calotype
Calotype One of the earliest photographic processes, announced by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) in 1841, in which a negative image was recorded on a sheet of translucent paper coated…