Questions tagged “theory”

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What is the centre of perspective in a photograph, and why does it matter?

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1y ago

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When is a photo truly one-point perspective, and can a scene have multiple vanishing points?

theory perspective composition cinematography vanishing-point

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2y ago

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Why is the Screen blend mode called "Screen"?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

4y ago

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Why do printers use CMYK instead of RGB on white paper?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

4y ago

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What does focusing mean in the thin-lens formula 1/u + 1/v = 1/f?

theory lenses optics basics focus

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

6y ago

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Why do 1/3-stop aperture values look uneven, like f/8, f/9, f/10, f/11, f/13, f/14, f/16, f/18?

f-stop theory aperture basics exposure

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

8y ago

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What characteristics of light matter in photography?

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8y ago

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When do straight lines appear curved in wide-angle projections?

theory perspective fisheye wide-angle projection

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8y ago

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What is an equiangular spiral grid, and how is it used in photo composition?

theory composition golden-spiral golden-ratio framing

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

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Why doesn’t bounced light fully illuminate a cast shadow after multiple reflections?

theory lighting light-reflection shadows bounce-light

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

9y ago

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Can you determine a photo’s focal length from the image alone?

theory field-of-view perspective optics focal-length

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9y ago

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Can super-resolution beat the diffraction limit in ordinary photography?

theory diffraction optics super-resolution image-quality

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9y ago

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Are there research papers or books on how image aspect ratio affects viewer perception?

theory composition aspect-ratio visual-perception cropping

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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Simple explanation of principal planes and nodal points in a camera lens

theory lenses optics camera-basics focal-length

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

10y ago

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What is a color structure histogram, and how is it different from a regular color histogram?

theory post-processing image-analysis histogram color

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11y ago

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Why is the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram non-linear, why doesn’t it reach y = 1, and how was it derived?

theory chromaticity color-management cie-1931 color-science

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12y ago

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Why do pinhole-size formulas use different constants?

theory diffraction optics pinhole image-quality

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12y ago

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Are there theoretical limits to a lens’s maximum and minimum aperture?

theory lenses aperture f-number optics

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13y ago

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Is emitted light fundamentally different from reflected light in photography?

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13y ago

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Is Alhazen’s Book of Optics worth reading for learning optics basics?

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14y ago

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