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Upscaling
Increasing an image's pixel dimensions beyond those captured, either by interpolation or by machine-learning reconstruction.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersUV Filter
A clear filter that blocks ultraviolet light, now used mainly as physical protection for the front element.
Composition & Visual DesignVanishing Point
The point in an image at which receding parallel lines appear to meet.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesVariable Contrast Paper
Paper carrying two emulsions of different contrast and colour sensitivity, whose grade is set by the colour of the enlarging light.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersVariable ND Filter
A filter made of two stacked polarisers whose relative rotation continuously varies the amount of light blocked.
Focus & Depth of FieldVarifocal Lens
A zoom lens that does not hold focus when the focal length changes, requiring refocusing after every zoom.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesVectorscope
A circular display showing an image's colour information as hue by angle and saturation by distance from the centre.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersVeiling Glare
A diffuse haze of scattered light that lowers contrast across the whole frame without forming distinct shapes.
Genres, Movements & TheoryVernacular Photography
Everyday photographs made for practical or personal purposes rather than artistic ones — family albums, passport photos, evidence shots.
Colour & Colour ManagementVibrance
A saturation control that increases less-saturated colours more than already-saturated ones, and usually protects skin tones.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsView Camera
A large-format camera consisting of a lens board and film back joined by a flexible bellows, both adjustable in position and angle.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsViewfinder Coverage
The percentage of the recorded image that is visible through the viewfinder.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsViewfinder Magnification
How large the finder image appears compared with the naked eye, quoted for a 50 mm lens focused at infinity.
Printing, Display & OutputViewing Booth
An enclosure providing standardised, controlled illumination for judging prints and proofs.
Printing, Display & OutputViewing Distance
The distance from which a print is normally seen, which determines how much resolution and sharpening it actually needs.
Post-Processing & RetouchingVirtual Copy
An additional set of processing instructions attached to one source file, allowing several interpretations without duplicating data.
Composition & Visual DesignVisual Path
The route the eye takes through a photograph, determined by the arrangement of weights, lines and contrasts.
Composition & Visual DesignVisual Rhythm
The pace at which repeated elements carry the eye across a frame, set by their spacing and variation.
Composition & Visual DesignVisual Tension
A sense of unresolved energy created by elements that pull against each other or against the frame.
Composition & Visual DesignVisual Weight
The degree to which an element in the frame attracts and holds attention, independent of its physical size.
Colour & Colour ManagementWarm and Cool Colours
The perceptual division of the spectrum into warm reds, oranges and yellows and cool blues, greens and violets.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesWater Drop Photography
High-speed macro photography of falling liquid, capturing splashes, crowns and colliding droplets.
Files, Metadata & WorkflowWatermark
A visible mark overlaid on an image to identify its creator or deter unauthorised use.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesWaveform Monitor
A display plotting the brightness of an image against its horizontal position, used to judge exposure precisely.