Terms starting with T
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Tonal Contrast
The difference in brightness between adjacent areas of an image, which controls separation and visual impact.
Post-Processing & RetouchingTone Mapping
Compressing a high dynamic range image into the limited range a screen or print can show, while preserving apparent detail.
Focus & Depth of FieldTracking Sensitivity
A setting that controls how quickly continuous autofocus abandons its current subject when something else enters the frame.
Genres, Movements & TheoryTravel Photography
Photography of places, cultures and journeys, combining landscape, documentary and portrait approaches.
Composition & Visual DesignTriangular Composition
An arrangement in which the principal elements form a triangle, producing stability and a clear internal structure.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsTripod
A three-legged support that holds the camera rigid for long exposures, precise framing or heavy lenses.
Lighting & FlashTTL Flash Metering
Automatic flash exposure in which the camera fires a brief preflash, measures the light returning through the lens, and sets the main burst…
Cameras, Formats & SystemsTwin-lens Reflex (TLR)
A medium-format camera with two stacked lenses, one for viewing through a waist-level ground glass and one for taking the picture.