The ABC of Photography – Compression
The ABC of Photography - Compression The process of reducing the sizes of files such as digital images, so that they use less storage capacity and are faster to upload and download. See lossless…
The ABC of Photography – Complementary colours
The ABC of Photography - Complementary colours Also known as ‘opposite colours’, these are pairs of colours that create a strong contrast. On the traditional colour wheel they are red/green, yellow/violet and blue/ orange, while the…
The ABC of Photography – Compact
The ABC of Photography - Compact A type of camera with a shutter mechanism built into the lens. Compacts are generally point-and-shoot designs that are easy to carry around. Most digital compacts have built-in zoom…
The ABC of Photography – Combination printing
The ABC of Photography - Combination printing The use of two or more negatives to make one print. The technique was first used in the mid-19th century to overcome exposure limitations in early photographic processes, although…
The ABC of Photography – Colour temperature
The ABC of Photography - Colour temperature All light sources have a characteristic colour temperature: Artificial (tungsten-filament) lights are warmer (more orange) than daylight, which is warm near dawn, turns cooler (bluer) during the…
The ABC of Photography – Colour space
The ABC of Photography - Colour space The theoretical definition of the range of colours that can be displayed by a device. Sources: Pixabay, Wikipedia, Susan Wingfield Lamar High School
The ABC of Photography – Colour reversal film
The ABC of Photography - Colour reversal film Film processed to produce a colour positive image on its transparent base. Traditionally, images are mounted in card or plastic mounts. Also commonly known as slide or transparency…
The ABC of Photography – Colour negative film
The ABC of Photography - Colour negative film Film on which all original colours are recorded as their complementary colours. When the image is printed on photographic paper, the colours are again reversed to…
The ABC of Photography – CMYK
The ABC of Photography - CMYK Cyan, magenta, yellow and black (or ‘key’), the four primary inks used in commercial color printing. CMYK also refers to the printing process itself. Collodion process This is an…
The ABC of Photography – H
H Haloes A term used to describe the glow that’s created around the edges of objects when they’ve been over-sharpened in Photoshop or other similar photo-editing software. They are…