Line #42 Main/PhotographyAndIllustration


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3	->''"Photograph - I don't want your\
4	Photograph - I don't need your\
5	Photograph - all I've got is a photograph\
6	But it's not enough"''
7	-->-- '''Music/DefLeppard'''
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9	Since humans first discovered they could smear pigments on rock walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave stencils of hands, to Renaissance {{paintings}}, to 1700s pencil drawings, to the first photograph in 1827, to 1970s pixel art[[note]]Developed by Richard Shoup in 1972 for his [=SuperPaint=] system at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a tech innovation lab.[[/note]], illustrations and photographs are the oldest two forms of visual works.
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11	These tropes apply to anything related to creating still images, whether it be family photos, magazines, comics, etc.
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13	Compare CameraTricks, since photography lead to motion pictures.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	[[index]]
17	* AnomalousArt: Photographs with supernatural properties.
18	* AreWeGettingThis: A nearby news reporter or filming crew trying to videotape an unexpected, extraordinary event.
19	* BeforeAndAfterPictures: An ad that shows a picture of a customer before they used a health or beauty product (often looking drab) and a picture depicting the customer ''after'' they used the product (looking beautiful).
20	* BoringVacationSlideshow: A slideshow of someone's vacation is considered boring to friends and family who have to watch it, especially if there's three shots of every statue and castle.
21	* BlindingCameraFlash: Someone having their picture taken is blinded by the camera flash.
22	* BunnyEarsPicturePrank: When two or more people are having a group photo taken, one person places their index and middle fingers behind another person's head to make it look like they have bunny ears.
23	* CameraFiend: A character who always has their camera and who is always snapping photos.
24	* CameraObscurer: A character takes a picture, only to later discover that the camera lens was covered.
25	* CameraSniper: A camera whose viewfinder looks like the optical scope on a sniper rifle.
26	* CandidsForSale: Someone sells candid, often unauthorized photographs or videos of someone, typically a celebrity or VIP.
27	* CharityWorkplaceCalendar: Characters are photographed for a workplace calendar to raise money.
28	* {{Colorization}}: Adding color to a photograph that was originally taken in black-and-white.
29	* ConvenientPhotograph: A photograph just happens to share a piece of important information that characters wouldn't have otherwise known or capture a crucial image.
30	* CreepyChangingPainting: A painting that changes every time a person looks away from it.
31	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: A modern work is intentionally colored in black-and-white.
32	** SplashOfColor: Most of the work is in black-and-white, but some small details are in color.
33	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: A visual image that is artistic and nonsensical.
34	* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Someone has an embarrassing, cringy photograph of when they were young and foolish.
35	* EmbarrassingSlide: A slide show somehow has an embarrassing photograph of the presenter unintentionally included with the other images.
36	* EnhanceButton: Impossible image enhancement depicted in crime shows.
37	* FaceOnTheCover: Using a celebrity's face to sell a product or service.
38	* FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: A family portrait tells us something important about the members and their relationship.
39	* FatalFamilyPhoto: Someone gets killed after showing or looking at a photo of their family, a spouse, or child, particularly in a war movie.
40	* FictionalPainting: A work that focuses on a fictional in-universe painting.
41	* FilmTheHand: Sticking a hand in front of or over a camera lens to prevent being filmed.
42	* FirstPersonSnapshooter: A gameplay element that requires you to take pictures of things.
43	* FontAnachronism: When creators use fonts in their works that weren't even invented yet.
44	* FormerFriendsPhoto: An old photo shows that bitter enemies were once good friends.
45	* FunnyPhotoPhrase: Someone says, or is asked to say, a silly phrase instead of "Cheese" when their photo is taken.
46	* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: An artist finds it easier to draw anthropomorphic animals than humans.
47	* GroupPictureEnding: The story closes on a group picture of the main cast.
48	* InconvenientDarkroomIllumination: A darkroom is suddenly illuminated at the worst possible moment, instantly ruining any photos that were being developed inside.
49	* LastSecondPhotoFailure: An attempt at a posed picture goes wrong just as the picture is taken.
50	* LivingDrawing: Artwork that has a mind of its own.
51	* LivingPhoto: A photo that comes to life when a person sees it.
52	* MidairMotionShot: Anyone depicted on a vehicle is depicted in mid-air.
53	* MugshotMontage: A character who is arrested gets their mugshot taken.
54	* Administrivia/MultiPartPicture
55	* MustacheVandalism: Someone vandalizes a person's picture by drawing on it, often adding a mustache.
56	* OneTrackMindedArtist: An artist who always draws the same thing.
57	* PaintingTheMedium: Font, interface changes, or camera or editing tricks convey things about the story.
58	* PhotoBoothMontage: We see people messing around in a photo booth by making as many funny faces as possible when the pictures are taken.
59	* PhotoComic: A comic that is made using photographs of three-dimensional objects and/or real people.
60	* PhotoDoodleRecognition: Recognizing a person by drawing their disguise or distinguishing features on a photograph where they don't have them.
61	* PhotoMemento: Group of (heroic) characters celebrate the end/importance of an event by posing together for a photograph as a piece of history.
62	* PhotoMontage: A series of photographs featuring the main characters.
63	* PhotoOpWithTheDog: A character makes a big show out of doing something nice, in order to better their image.
64	* PhotoshopFilterOfEvil: Digitally editing a photograph of a person to make them look untrustworthy and vile.
65	* PhotosLie: A photo doesn't show what happened before or after it was taken, leading to some lies.
66	* PictureDay: Students attempt to look nice the whole school day so they will look nice for their school photo.
67	* {{Pixellation}}: An image is censored using pixels.
68	* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: Part of a photo is obscured for plot related reasons.
69	* PoliticalCartoons: Print cartoons and comics, often associated with newspaper editorials, which satirically comment on current events.
70	* PortalPicture: A picture or painting can transport people to another world or dimension.
71	* PortraitPaintingPeephole: A character spies on others by looking through a peephole hidden in the eye(s) of a portrait.
72	* PreciousPhoto: A person carries a photo of a loved one who isn't with them.
73	* RemovedFromThePicture: After a nasty break up, a character cuts their former lover's image out of pictures of them together.
74	* RevengePornBlackmail: A character threatens someone via indecent photos and/or videos of them.
75	* RidiculouslyPhotogenic: A character with an uncanny aptitude to look great in photos.
76	* SecretSocietyGroupPicture: The members of a (not so) secret society all posed for a group photo that provides damning evidence of their existence.
77	* SelfieFiend: A person completely obsessed with selfies.
78	* SideStoryBonusArt: Artists draw scenes of the characters doing things that aren't actually in the work.
79	* SleazyPhotoshoot: A model is forced or manipulated into doing suspect things in a photoshoot, like taking risque shots or performing sexual acts.
80	* SpookyPainting: A painted image that seems normal at first. It probably isn't.
81	* SpookyPhotographs: A photograph that contains haunting or foreboding images.
82	* SymbolicSereneSubmersion: A dead body is shown floating beneath the water, in a symbolic kind of way.
83	* UnexpectedArtUpgradeMoment: When art media upgrades or enlarges its detail to signify a special moment.
84	* UnflatteringIDPhoto: A character's ID card has an unflattering picture of them.
85	* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: An obviously doctored photo isn't considered as being fake.
86	[[/index]]

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