CAMEROLL

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A reference companion to the museum — camera basics, exposure and optics, the techniques and genres of photography, and editing and workflow. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Camera Basics

How cameras work — DSLRs and mirrorless, image sensors and megapixels, crop factor, memory cards, and RAW vs JPEG.

10 entries

Exposure & Optics

The exposure triangle and the glass — aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, focal length and depth of field, hyperfocal distance, and bokeh.

11 entries

Techniques & Genres

The craft and the fields — portrait, landscape, macro, and street, long exposure and astrophotography, the rule of thirds, and golden hour.

12 entries

Editing & Workflow

From capture to print — image editing and color grading, histograms and cropping, resolution and DPI, color space, and file formats.

10 entries