fotografía

Definitions of fotografía
  1. noun
    the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
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    ocupación
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  2. noun
    the act of taking and printing photographs
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    xerografía
    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
    cinematografía, filmación, rodaje
    the act of making a film
    subexposición
    the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time
    toma
    the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
  3. noun
    a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
    synonyms: foto, icono, imagen, retrato
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    fotografía en blanco y negro
    a black-and-white photograph or slide
    cianografía, foto-calco
    photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
    primer plano
    a photograph taken at close range
    daguerrotipo
    a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
    ampliación
    a photographic print that has been enlarged
    fotograma
    a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
    holograma
    the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
    micropunto
    photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
    mosaico
    arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
    fotocopia
    a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
    microfotografía
    a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
    radiografía, radiogramola
    a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
    foto instantánea, instantánea
    an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
    espectrografía, espectrograma
    a photographic record of a spectrum
    fotografía en relieve, fotografía tridimensional
    two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
    fotograma
    a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
    telefoto, telefotografía
    a photograph made with a telephoto lens
    telefotografía
    a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance
    exposición
    a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time
    viñeta
    a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
    fotograma
    a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
    anaglifo
    moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed
    fotóstato
    a photocopy made on a Photostat machine
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    representación
    a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
  4. noun
    the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces
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    radiografía
    the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light
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    proceso
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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