What does PHOTOGRAPHY mean?

Definitions for PHOTOGRAPHY
fəˈtɒg rə fipho·tog·ra·phy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. photography, picture takingnoun

    the act of taking and printing photographs

  2. photographynoun

    the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces

  3. photographynoun

    the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

Wiktionary

  1. photographynoun

    The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

  2. photographynoun

    The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

Wikipedia

  1. Photography

    Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive, depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing.

ChatGPT

  1. photography

    Photography is the art, practice, or process of creating images by capturing light or other electromagnetic radiation on a photosensitive medium. It involves the use of a camera or other image-capturing device to record and preserve visual moments, either as a form of artistic expression, documentation, or for commercial purposes. Photography encompasses various techniques, perspectives, and styles, allowing individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, or capture the beauty of the world around them through visual images.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Photographynoun

    the science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like

  2. Photographynoun

    the art or process of producing pictures by this action of light

  3. Etymology: [Photo- + -graphy: cf. F. photographie.]

Wikidata

  1. Photography

    Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film, or electronically by means of an image sensor. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result in a photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically developed into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing. Photography has many uses for business, science, manufacturing, art, recreational purposes, and mass communication.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Photography

    fō-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of producing pictures by the action of light on chemically prepared surfaces.—n. Phō′tograph, a picture so produced.—v.t. to make a picture of by means of photography.—ns. Phōtog′rapher, Phōtog′raphist.—adj. Phōtograph′ic, -al.—adv. Phōtograph′ically. [Gr. phōs, light, graphein, to draw.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Photography

    Method of making images on a sensitized surface by exposure to light or other radiant energy.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PHOTOGRAPHY' in Nouns Frequency: #2811

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PHOTOGRAPHY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PHOTOGRAPHY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PHOTOGRAPHY in a Sentence

  1. Photographer Valerio Bispuri:

    Photography can change things.

  2. Scott Flanders:

    People said, ‘ Oh, we know what Hef likes. He likes this type of photography, ’ and I said, ‘ Well that’s bullshit. That’s like saying he likes the same meatloaf he’s been eating for 25 years. Let’s give him a piece of steak and see if he likes that, ’ and, sure as hell, as soon as they gave Hef more contemporary photography he loved it.

  3. Quentin Hart:

    From McKenna Pro Photography, from John Deere, which is a global company, to The Sulky, which creates high-end buggies, they're taking their time and they're making masks for our communities, we've seen the resiliency, we've seen incredible business acumen, and people be able to change on the go, on the fly to make things happen for our safety.

  4. David Bailey:

    It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

  5. Larry Johnson:

    Every country is engaged in spying at this event, and they have their intelligence/surveillance teams come in at least a week in advance, often from different ports of entry, so they are harder to trace, they will be doing every type of surveillance you can imagine, from intercepting cell phone traffic and WiFi to bugging hotel rooms, visual surveillance (photography) and in-person reconnaissance. Johnson said the.

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