Editing Photograph (section)

==Types of photographs==
[[File:A Stream of Stars over Paranal.jpg|thumb|Long-exposure photograph of the [[Very Large Telescope]]<ref>{{cite news|title=A Stream of Stars over Paranal|url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1421a/|access-date=27 May 2014|newspaper=ESO Picture of the Week|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133009/https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1421a/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Non-digital photographs are produced with a two-step chemical process. In the two-step process, the light-sensitive film captures a ''negative'' image (colors and lights/darks are inverted). To produce a ''positive'' image, the negative is most commonly transferred ('[[Photographic printing|printed]]') onto [[photographic paper]]. Printing the negative onto transparent film stock is used to manufacture motion picture films.

Alternatively, the film is processed to invert the ''negative'' image, yielding positive [[Transparency (photography)|transparency]]. Such positive images are usually mounted in frames, called slides. Before recent advances in digital photography, transparencies were widely used by professionals because of their sharpness and accuracy of color rendition. Most photographs published in magazines were taken on color transparency film.

Originally, all photographs were monochromatic or hand-painted in color. Although methods for developing color photos were available as early as 1861, they did not become widely available until the 1940s or 1950s, and even so, until the 1960s, most photographs were taken in black and white. Since then, [[color photography]] has dominated popular photography, although black-and-white is still used, being easier to develop than color.

[[Panoramic format]] images can be taken with cameras like the [[Hasselblad]] Xpan on standard film. Since the 1990s, panoramic photos have been available on the [[Advanced Photo System]] (APS) film. APS was developed by several of the major film manufacturers to provide a film with different formats and computerized options available, though APS panoramas were created using a mask in panorama-capable cameras, far less desirable than a true panoramic camera, which achieves its effect through a wider film format. APS has become less popular and has been discontinued.

The advent of the [[microcomputer]] and [[digital photograph]]y has led to the rise of [[Digital printing|digital prints]]. These prints are created from stored [[Graphics file format|graphic formats]] such as [[JPEG]], [[TIFF]], and [[Raw image format|RAW]]. The types of printers used include [[inkjet printer]]s, [[dye-sublimation printer]]s, [[laser printer]]s, and [[thermal printer]]s. Inkjet prints are sometimes given the coined name "[[Giclée]]".

The [[World Wide Web|Web]] has been a popular medium for storing and sharing photos ever since the first photograph was published on the web by [[Tim Berners-Lee]] in 1992 (an image of the [[CERN]] house band [[Les Horribles Cernettes]]). Today, popular sites such as [[Flickr]], [[PhotoBucket]], and [[500px]] are used by millions of people to share their pictures.

The first "selfie", or self-portrait, was taken by Robert Cornelious back in 1839.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Contrastly |date=2015-12-12 |title=The Evolution of Photography |url=https://contrastly.com/the-evolution-of-photography/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Contrastly |language=en}}</ref> "Selfies" have become one of the most common photographs, especially among female young adults. Social media has become such a cultural advancement because of photography. People thrive off of the selfies of their favorite celebrities, many receive millions of likes on social media because of one simple selfie.