Photography terms starting with Y
Yellow filter: A filter that blocks blue light and enhances contrast in black and white photography, particularly in landscape and architectural images.
Yashica: Yashica is a brand of cameras and lenses that was popular in the mid-20th century, known for their rangefinder and SLR models.
Yellow cast: A color cast that occurs when an image has an overall yellow tint, often caused by incorrect white balance or lighting conditions.
Yearbook photography: The genre of photography focused on capturing images of students, faculty, events, and activities for a school or university yearbook.
Youth photography: Photography that focuses on capturing the experiences, emotions, and perspectives of young individuals, typically highlighting youth culture.
Yaw: Yaw refers to the horizontal rotation or movement of a camera around its vertical axis, altering the direction the camera is pointing.
YCbCr: YCbCr is a color encoding system used in digital imaging, where “Y” represents the brightness (luma) component and “Cb” and “Cr” represent the color difference components.
Zone system: A photographic technique developed by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer for controlling exposure and achieving a desired range of tones in black and white photography.
Youth sports photography: The specialization in capturing images of youth athletes participating in various sports and athletic events.
Yellow journalism: While not directly related to photography, yellow journalism refers to a style of journalism that prioritizes sensationalism and exaggeration to attract attention and readership.
Yashinon: Yashinon is a lens brand associated with Yashica cameras, known for their quality optics and sharpness.
Y-axis: In photography, the y-axis refers to the vertical axis that runs from top to bottom in an image. It is used to describe positioning, composition, and movement within the frame.
Yosemite filter: A type of color filter that enhances warm tones, such as reds, oranges, and yellows, often used to intensify the colors of landscapes and nature scenes.
Yield point: In film photography, the yield point refers to the point at which the film’s sensitivity reaches its maximum and can no longer accurately record additional exposure information.
Youth culture photography: A genre of photography that focuses on capturing the lifestyles, trends, and behaviors of young people, reflecting the spirit and energy of youth.
Yearning: In photography, yearning refers to the emotional response or longing that a viewer experiences when engaging with a compelling or evocative image.
Yashica Electro 35: A popular rangefinder camera model manufactured by Yashica in the 1960s and 1970s, known for its sharp lens and aperture-priority automatic exposure.
Yellow chromatic aberration: A type of chromatic aberration where yellow fringes appear along high-contrast edges in an image, caused by the lens’s inability to focus different wavelengths of light at the same point.
Yellow monochrome: A style of monochrome photography where shades of yellow or sepia tones are used to create a vintage or nostalgic look.
Young photographer: Refers to a photographer who is relatively young in age and may be starting their career or exploring photography as a creative pursuit.