| Aerial | | From a aeroplane, copter, balloon or other airborne device. |
| Adventure, Action | | Adventure games, daring feats, etc. |
| Amateur | | Any kind of photography practiced by tyro. |
| Animal, Pet | | Pets and their bonds with humans. Note that the human content is often as important as the animal.
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| Architecture, Real Estate | | The art of making property appear mesmeric. Often involves panoramic photography. |
| Artistic | | Photography in which innovative composition is the goal. |
| Astrophotography | | Space photography, by a telescope. |
| Aura | | A unsuspect kind of photography which some plea can photograph of a person's aura. Often befuddled with Kirlian photography. |
| Black & White | | Not directly photography of no colour, black and white photography explores shapes, tones and patterns. Shadows and highlights become much more meaningful. |
| Camera Phone | | "Accessibility" photography using a mobile phone's in-built camera. While not the best quality, camera phones have created a new world of continuous, on-the-spot photo opportunities. |
| Commercial | | Product shots, promotion, etc. |
| Digiscoping | | Photography made by a telescope or binoculars. |
| Documentary | | Journalism, Happenings, Historical, Political, etc. |
| Event | | Concerts, parties, get togethers, festivals, weddings, etc. |
| Forensic | | Cops and legal photography. |
| Infrared | | Photography in which the storing medium is precise to infrared light rather than the normal visible light spectrum. |
| Large Format | | For use on stickers, billboards, etc. |
| Kirlian | | A kind of contact print photography in which an object touching a photographic plate is connected to a high voltage source, creating an aura-like image. Often misunderstood with aura photography. |
| Macro | | The art of photographing tiny and/or close-up objects. |
| Medical | | Specialized photography for medicall purposes, i.e. to help reveal and diagnose disorders. |
| Microscopic | | Any technique for photographing microscopic objects to be visible to our normal eyes. |
| Modeling | | Photographing objects to be changed into 3D models. |
| Nature | | Landscapes, plants, animals, sea, etc. |
| Night | | Any technique used to take images at nighttime. Often includes infrared photography. |
| Panoramic | | Views of wide areas, up to finish 360° panoramas. |
| Paranormal | | Wraith, unexplained phenomena, etc. |
| People | | Candid, Family photos, Fashion, Glamour, Passports & Visas, Portrait, School, Wedding, etc. |
| Pinhole | | Uses the foremost basic variety of camera possible — a box with a small hole to let light in. |
| Scenic | | Landscape, Cityscape |
| Satellite | | Views of Earth from orbit. |
| Scientific | | Any specialised photography used for scientific endeavour, e.g. electron microscopy photographs, diagnostic photography, astrophotography,etc. |
| Sports | | The specialised art of shooting individuals engaged in sports, games and adventure activities. |
| Stereoscopic (3-D) | | Involves taking two photographs simultaneously to simulate 3-D vision. |
| Stock | | Photographs taken for distribution to people,to be used in their projects. These photos tend to be quite generic, e.g. people functioning, landscapes, area, etc. |
| Time-lapse | | Photographs with a very long expose, used to picture something happening over time. A popular example is a street at midnight with automotive lights blurred into long lines. |
| Travel | | Photography to showcase locations, symbolize travel literature, etc. |
| Ultraviolet | | Photography in which the recording medium is responsive to ultraviolet light radiation instead of the conventional light spectrum. |
| Urban, Industrial | | Highlighting urban environments. |
| Water,Underwater | | Any kind of photography taken underneath water with a water-tight camera housing |