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Third 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…
Composition & Visual DesignTonal 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.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesUltraviolet Photography
Photography using ultraviolet light, either reflected from a subject or as induced visible fluorescence.
Lighting & FlashUmbrella
A collapsible reflective or translucent modifier that spreads light quickly and cheaply over a wide area.
Exposure & MeteringUnderexposure
An exposure that records less light than the scene needs, producing dark, noisy shadows and muddy colour.
Genres, Movements & TheoryUnderwater Photography
Photography made beneath the surface of water, using housings and dedicated lighting.
Post-Processing & RetouchingUnsharp Mask
A sharpening method that subtracts a blurred copy of the image from the original to find and enhance edges.