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Photograph vs Midshot - What's the difference?

photograph | midshot |

As nouns the difference between photograph and midshot

is that photograph is ("photographer") while midshot is a point in time during the taking of a photograph.

photograph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs , MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

    Derived terms

    * photo * photographic * photography * photographer

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take a photograph of.
  • * Hamerton
    • He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
  • * Lady D. Hardy
    • He is photographed on my mind.
  • To take photographs.
  • To appear in a photograph.
    • She photographs well. The camera ''loves'' her.

    midshot

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A point in time during the taking of a photograph.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 3, author=David Pogue, title=A Camera for the Shot You Missed, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=You can even adjust the firing rate in midshot by turning the lens barrel. }}