Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| achromat | an achromatic lens. |
| acutance | a measure of photographic clarity. |
| airgraph | a letter photographically reduced for sending by air. |
| ambrotype | a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass. |
| amidol | a colourless chemical used as a photographic developer. |
| angiogram | a photograph made by angiography. |
| antihalation | the prevention of halation, usually by placing a layer of dye on the back of the film to absorb light which has passed through the emulsion on it. |
| aplanat | an aplanatic lens, i.e. one free from spherical aberration. |
| autoexposure | a system for automatically adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed of a camera according to the lighting conditions. |
| autofocus | a device which automatically focusses a camera. |
| backlight | to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| bipack | a pair of films. |
| bipod | a two-legged stand. |
| blowup | an enlargement eg of a picture. |
| bokeh | the blurred quality of a photograph. |
| calotype | a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver. |
| calotypist | one who works with calotypes, an early kind of photograph. |
| camcord | to videotape with a portable camcorder. |
| camcorder | a portable video camera and sound recorder combined in one unit. |
| cameraphone | a combined camera and phone. |
| camerawork | skilful use of a camera. |
| camphone | a combined camera and mobile phone. |
| candid | frank, guileless (noun) an unposed photograph |
| candidly | (Adv.) CANDID, frank, guileless. |
| chloridate | to treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. |
| chromatype | a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| chromogram | a combination of photographs in different colours. |
| cibachrome | a type of colour print made directly form a colour transparency. |
| closeup | a photograph taken close to the subject. |
| cokuloris | a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare. |
| collodion | a solution of pyroxylin in ether, used to apply a thin gummy film in photography and surgery. |
| collodium | a solution of pyroxylin in ether, used to apply a thin gummy film in photography and surgery. |
| contrasty | of eg a photograph, showing strong contrasts. |
| cyanine | any of a group of dyes used as sensitisers in photography. |
| daguerrean | relating to photography by daguerreotype. |
| daguerreotype | a method of photography by mercury vapour development of silver iodide; (verb) to develop as a daguerreotype. |
| daguerreotyper | one who develops daguerreotypes. |
| daguerreotypist | one who practises daguerreotyping. |
| daguerreotypy | the art of daguerreotyping. |
| darkroom | a room used for the development of photographic negatives. |
| dashcam | a small video camera situated on the dashboard of a vehicle, used to record the view through the windscreen. |
| defocus | to cause to go out of focus. |
| densitometer | an instrument for measuring optical or photographic density. |
| diapositive | a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| digicam | a digital camera. |
| enprint | a size of photographic print. |
| evaporograph | a device giving direct or photographic images of objects in darkness by focusing infrared radiations from them onto an oil-film. |
| fadein | the gradual appearance of an image on film. |
| fadeout | the gradual disappearance of an image on film. |
| ferrotype | an old form of photograph taken using a film on an iron plate; (verb) to take a photograph by ferrotype. |
| flashbulb | an oxygen-filled electric bulb in which aluminium or other foil or filament may be fired to provide a brilliant flash. |
| flashcube | a plastic cube containing four flashbulbs, rotated as the film is wound on. |
| flashgun | a device holding and firing a flashbulb. |
| flashlight | a sudden bright artificial light used in taking photographic pictures. |
| flashtube | a gas discharge tube that produces very brief intense flashes of light and is used esp in photography. |
| fluorotype | (Obs.) photography by means of fluorides. |
| focuser | a device to assist focussing. |
| fullface | a portrait or photograph where the subject faces straight towards the viewer. |
| goldtone | a photographic image printed on a glass-plate with a painted golden backing. |
| halation | the spreading of light, seen as a bright blur at edges in photographs. |
| headshot | a photograph of someone's head (and shoulders) only. |
| heliochrome | a photograph in natural colours. |
| heliochromic | like a heliochrome, a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject. |
| heliochromy | photography in natural colours. |
| heliogravure | photogravure. |
| heliotype | a picture obtained by the process of heliotypy; (verb) to obtain such a picture. |
| heliotypic | relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy. |
| heliotypy | a photomechanical process in which the gelatine relief is itself used to print from. |
| iconoscope | an early form of electron camera. |
| iodisation | the act of iodising. |
| iodise | to treat with iodine. |
| iodization | the act of iodizing. |
| iodize | to treat with iodine. |
| kallitype | a former photographic process in which ferric salts are reduced to ferrous salts. |
| kalotype | a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka talbotype. |
| lenticular | lens-shaped (noun) a three-dimensional picture made up of photographs of a scene which have been taken from several angles, split into strips, juxtaposed, and laminated with corrugated plastic |
| lenticule | any of the small corrugations on the base side of a film used in colour processing. |
| macrograph | a photograph, drawing, etc. in which an object appears as large as or several times larger than the original. |
| macrographic | of or like a macrograph, a photograph, drawing, etc. in which an object appears as large as or several times larger than the original. |
| macrophotograph | a larger than lifesize closeup photograph. |
| metol | a coal tar derivative used in developing pictures. |
| microdot | a photograph, esp of printed or written matter, reduced to the size of a dot. |
| microphotograph | a small photograph that is normally magnified for viewing. |
| microprint | a microphotograph of eg printed text; (verb) to make a microprint of. |
| microprinting | the act of making a microprint of. |
| microprism | a tiny prism used as a focusing aid on a single-lens reflex camera. |
| minette | (Fr.) the smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs. |
| minicam | a small camera. |
| mountant | an adhesive paste for mounting photographs etc. |
| mugshot | a photograph esp of a police suspect's face. |
| multimode | an SLR camera or its light meter with more than one way of setting the exposure. |
| neg | a photographic negative. |
| nephogram | a photograph of clouds. |
| nephograph | an instrument for photographing clouds. |
| opaline | with the lustre of opal; (noun) opal-glass; a photographic print fixed on plate-glass. |
| orthicon | a kind of television camera tube. |
| ortho | (Short for) an orthochromatic plate. |
| orthochromatic | of photographic film, sensitive to all colours except red. |
| orthochromatism | the state of being orthochromatic, of photographic film, sensitive to all colours except red. |
| overexpose | to expose excessively. |
| overexposure | excessive exposure. |
| palmcorder | a small camcorder which can be held in the palm of the hand. |
| panchromatic | of photographic film, sensitive to all colours. |
| pantoscope | a panoramic camera. |
| pantoscopic | of or like a pantoscope, a panoramic camera. |
| paparazzo | (Ital.) a photographer who pursues celebrities. |
| pentaprism | a five-sided prism used in photography. |
| phonecam | a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone. |
| photo | (Short for) photograph; (verb) to photograph. |
| photobomb | to place oneself in the background of a photograph deliberately and wthout the knowledge of the photographer or subject. |
| photocall | an occasion when people at a formal event are asked to have their photograph taken together. |
| photochromy | a former process of colour photography. |
| photofit | (Tradename) a method of building up a picture of a person by assembling a number of photographs of individual facial features. |
| photoflash | a photographic flash. |
| photog | (Coll.) one who takes photographs. |
| photogelatin | as in photogelatin process, another name for collotype. |
| photogeny | (Obs.) photography. |
| photoglyph | photographic engraving. |
| photoglyphic | of or like a photoglyph, photographic engraving. |
| photoglyphy | photography by photoglyph. |
| photogram | a photograph. |
| photograph | to take a photograph of. |
| photographer | one who practices photography. |
| photography | the process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and esp light on a sensitive surface. |
| photomachine | a machine that prints copies of digital photographs. |
| photomap | a map produced from or drawn on aerial photographs; (verb) to map by means of aerial photography. |
| photomask | a mask used in photography. |
| photomicrograph | a photograph of a microscope image. |
| photomosaic | an image composed of many smaller photographs. |
| photomural | an enlarged photograph, usually several yards long. |
| photoscan | a photographic scan; (verb) to scan photographically. |
| photoshoot | a session in which a photographer takes pictures of a celebrity, etc. |
| photostat | (Tradename) a photographic apparatus for making facsimiles of documents; (verb) to make facsimiles by this means. |
| phototypy | the art or process of producing phototypes. |
| photozincograph | a picture produced by photozincography. |
| pinup | a portrait pinned up on a wall for admiration. |
| pixelation | a video technique in which an image is blurred by being overlaid with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person. |
| platinotype | an obsolete method of photography by reducing a compound of platinum. |
| portapak | a small portable combined videotape and camera. |
| psychograph | a photographic image attributed to a supernatural or spiritualistic cause. |
| psychography | the production of images attributed to supernatural causes. |
| pyro | (Short for) pyrogallol, a chemical used in photography. |
| pyrophotography | the production of pyrophotographs. |
| radiograph | a picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, esp a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays; (verb) to produce a radiograph of. |
| radiographic | relating to radiography. |
| rephotograph | to photograph again. |
| rotograph | a photograph made by laying negative on sensitive paper; (verb) to make such photograph. |
| safelight | a light used in a photographic darkroom etc., which emits light of an intensity and colour which will not damage the materials being processed. |
| selfie | (Aust.) a photograph of oneself taken by oneself. |
| sensitometer | an instrument for measuring the sensitivity of photographic material. |
| sensitometric | relating to measurement by sensitometer. |
| sensitometry | measurement by sensitometer, an instrument for measuring the sensitivity of photographic material. |
| shutterbug | (Coll.) a photography enthusiast. |
| skiagram | a shadow picture or photograph. |
| skiagraph | a shadow picture or photograph, eg an X-ray photograph. |
| slideshow | a show involving photographic slides. |
| snapshooter | one who takes snapshots. |
| snapshooting | the act of taking snapshots. |
| snapshot | a photograph; (verb) to take a snapshot. |
| solarisation | the reversal of an image by overexposure. |
| solarise | to injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn. |
| solarization | the reversal of an image by overexposure. |
| solarize | to injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn. |
| spycam | a camera set up for hidden surveillance purposes, esp a webcam relaying pictures to a computer. |
| stannotype | a photograph taken upon a tin plate. |
| stereoscope | an instrument for viewing special three-dimensional photographs. |
| stereoscopist | one who uses a stereoscope, an instrument for viewing special three-dimensional photographs. |
| stereotypy | the art or process of making stereotype plates. |
| superwide | very wide; (noun) a very wide camera lens. |
| synchroflash | a mechanism which synchronizes the opening of a camera shutter with the peak of brilliance of a flash bulb. |
| talbotype | a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka calotype, kalotype. |
| teleconverter | a supplementary lens system for converting a camera lens to a greater focal length. |
| telephoto | a photo taken through a long-distance lens. |
| telephotograph | a photograph of a distant object taken by a suitable lens. |
| tintype | a colloquial name for ferrotype, a photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process. |
| tomogram | a radiogram or other visual record produced by tomography. |
| tomographic | relating to tomography. |
| tomography | x-ray photography in which parts of body in front of, or behind, the part under examination are not shown. |
| trimetrogon | a technique of aerial photography using three cameras, which increases the range and detail of the coverage. |
| undertimed | of a photograph, underexposed. |
| video | a videocassette or videocassette recorder; (verb) to record on video. |
| videocam | a camera for taking video. |
| videography | the art of using a video camera. |
| videotape | magnetic tape for recording visual images; (verb) to record on videotape. |
| viewfinder | a device on a camera for showing the area of the subject to be included in the picture. |
| wirephoto | a photograph sent over a wire circuit by electrical means. |
| workprint | an unfinished print of cinema film. |
| xerographic | relating to xerography. |
| xerographically | (Adv.) XEROGRAPHIC, relating to xerography. |
| xerography | a nonchemical photographic process in which the plate is sensitized electrically and developed by dusting with electrically-charged fine powder. |
| zoomable | capable of being viewed at various levels of detail and magnification. |