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PICTURE TAKING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The act of taking and printing photographs

Synonyms:

photography; picture taking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("picture taking" is a kind of...):

pictorial representation; picturing (visual representation as by photography or painting)

Domain member category:

block out; mask (shield from light)

overexpose (expose excessively)

underexpose (expose insufficiently)

expose (expose to light, of photographic film)

overexpose (expose to too much light)

solarise; solarize (overexpose to sunlight)

solarise; solarize (become overexposed)

underexpose (expose to too little light)

solarise; solarize (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)

develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)

underdevelop (process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature)

color; colour (having or capable of producing colors)

black-and-white; black and white (not having or not capable of producing colors)

flat (lacking contrast or shading between tones)

contrasty (having sharp differences between black and white)

backed (used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light)

x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)

retake (photograph again)

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

sensitise; sensitize (make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion)

handcolor; handcolour (color by hand)

blow up; enlarge; magnify (make large)

retouch; touch up (alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance)

underdevelopment ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)

reticulation ((photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion)

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)

dedication; inscription (a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something)

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))

photography (the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies)

intensification (the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film))

posing; sitting ((photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picture taking"):

radiography (photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light)

xerography (forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas)

telephotography (photography using a telephoto lens)

exposure (the act of exposing film to light)

cinematography; filming; motion-picture photography (the act of making a film)

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