Terms starting with T
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T-grain Emulsion
An emulsion using flat, tabular silver crystals that present a larger surface area to light for a given volume.
Exposure & MeteringT-stop
A measured aperture value that accounts for the light a lens actually transmits, rather than the geometric ratio an f-number implies.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersTelecentric Design
A lens design in which light rays strike the sensor nearly perpendicular across the whole frame rather than at increasing angles toward the…
Optics, Lenses & FiltersTeleconverter
A supplementary optic mounted between lens and body that multiplies focal length at the cost of light and, usually, sharpness.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersTelephoto Lens
A lens with a focal length longer than the format's diagonal, magnifying distant subjects and narrowing the angle of view.
Printing, Display & OutputTest Print
A small print, often of selected crops, made to evaluate colour, tone and sharpening before committing to full size.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesTest Strip
A piece of paper exposed in bands at increasing times, used to determine the correct exposure for a print.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowTethered Shooting
Connecting a camera directly to a computer so images transfer as they are captured.
Composition & Visual DesignTexture
The tactile surface quality of a subject as revealed by light, giving a sense of how something would feel.
Post-Processing & RetouchingTexture Slider
A control that increases or decreases medium-scale detail while deliberately leaving very fine detail and broad tones alone.
Genres, Movements & TheoryThe Decisive Moment
The idea that in any unfolding event there is a single instant at which form and content align most expressively.
Genres, Movements & TheoryThe Family of Man
A 1955 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art presenting 503 photographs from 68 countries as evidence of shared human experience.
Genres, Movements & TheoryThe Gaze
A critical concept describing how looking is structured by power, and how images position their subjects and viewers.
Exposure & MeteringThird Stop
A one-third-stop increment, the fine adjustment step most digital cameras use for aperture, shutter speed, ISO and exposure compensation.
Lighting & FlashThree-point Lighting
The standard setup of key, fill and rim lights that models a subject and separates it from the background.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowTIFF
A flexible, usually lossless raster format widely used for master files, scanning and print submission.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersTilt-shift Lens
A lens that can be tilted or shifted relative to the sensor, controlling the plane of focus and correcting converging verticals.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesTilt-shift Miniature Effect
An extreme selective focus that makes a full-size scene appear to be a scale model.
Exposure & MeteringTime Mode
A shutter setting, marked T, that opens the shutter on one press of the release and closes it on a second.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesTime-lapse
A sequence of frames captured at long intervals and played at normal speed, compressing hours into seconds.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesTimecode
A frame-accurate time reference recorded with footage, used to synchronise multiple cameras and audio recorders.
Colour & Colour ManagementTint
The white balance axis running from green to magenta, correcting casts that colour temperature alone cannot address.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesTintype
A wet collodion positive made on a thin sheet of blackened iron, producing a cheap, durable, unique image.
Colour & Colour ManagementTLCI
The Television Lighting Consistency Index, a scoring system that evaluates a light source using a model of a camera's response rather than…