photos
What cameras produce
Photos is the plural of photo, an informal shortening of photograph.
It refers to images captured by a camera: I took some photos at the wedding, She scrolled through old photos on her phone.
The word dominates casual speech and writing, while photograph sounds more formal or technical.
Unified collection of recordings
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- collectionGathered set of items
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
archive · gallery · keepsake · memento · souvenir · frame · print · wall art
Image capturing device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- shutterHinged window covering
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
- tripodStabilizing support structure
flash · viewfinder · sensor · megapixel · zoom · iso · film · filter
Artistic depiction of someone
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- candidHonest and direct
- headshotShoulders-up photograph
selfie · snapshot · still life · aerial · street · wedding · boudoir · product
State of being unprotected
- focusConcentrated attention point
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
contrast · bokeh · depth of field · rule of thirds · long exposure · bracketing · panning · macro
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
reunion · heritage · ancestry · timeline · retrospect · sentimentality · yearning · recollection
album
Unified collection of recordings
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- collectionGathered set of items
- montageAssembled sequence of images
collage · archive · gallery · keepsake · memento · souvenir · frame · print · wall art · photobook
camera
Image capturing device
tripod · flash · viewfinder · sensor · megapixel · zoom · iso · film · filter · lightbox
portrait
Artistic depiction of someone
headshot · selfie · snapshot · still life · aerial · street · wedding · boudoir · product · fashion
exposure
State of being unprotected
- focusConcentrated attention point
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
lighting · contrast · bokeh · depth of field · rule of thirds · long exposure · bracketing · panning · macro · cropping
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
throwback · reunion · heritage · ancestry · timeline · retrospect · sentimentality · yearning · recollection · milestone
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- photossnapshot, picture, selfies, pic, panoramas
- productsappliances, automobiles, cars, clothing, computers
- visualsimage, illustrations, images, diagram, chart
- sightseeinglandmarks, tourist attraction, attractions, landmark, city tours
- appsapps, browser, software, calculator, calendar
photosvideos
Playable visual content
movies · films · motion pictures · moving images · animations
photosreality
What actually exists
in person · real life · the real thing · lived experience · direct observation
photospaintings
Pictures made with pigment
drawings · illustrations · sketches · artwork · renderings
- family photoImage of relatives together
- photo albumBound collection of snapshots
- taking photosCreating pictures with camera
- baby photosPictures of very young children
- photo IDImage-bearing identity document
- group photoPicture of multiple people
photo, photograph, photographer, photography, photographs, photographic, photosynthesis, telephoto, photoelectric