Image & VIdeo Keywording Tips

WIDE ANGLE VIEW has five synonyms:

WIDE ANGLE

WIDE ANGLE LENS

WIDE-ANGLE VIEW

WIDE-ANGLE

A MACRO should be thought of as a super closeup of a DETAIL.

The subject of the image should be only a very small part of the object, and the image should be showing fine details that would most likely be missed by the human eye.

Some examples:

hairs on a honey bee

reflection on a drop of water

A DETAIL should be thought of as a closeup of a CLOSEUP.

In other words, the subject of the image or video should be only a part of the object, the object should most likely be identifiable, but the focus is on a small part of it.

Some examples:

fabric on a sofa

the leg of a chair

CLOSEUP is for when the shot is taken from (yep you guessed it) very close.

The image or video needs to be filled primarily with the subject, and the viewer should see most or all of the subject.

Framing essentially describes how close to, and how much of the subject is in the image or video.

If the image or video was taken UNDERWATER, you should also use several different keyword phrases:

UNDERWATER POINT OF VIEW

UNDERWATER POV

UNDERWATER VIEW

If your image or video is taken the shore looking out across a large body of water, then you should use all three of these keyword phrases:

FROM SHORE POINT OF VIEW

FROM SHORE POV

FROM SHORE

If your image or video is taken from a body of water looking back to the shore, then you should use all three of these keyword phrases:

TO SHORE POINT OF VIEW

TO SHORE POV

X-RAY VIDEO has four other synonyms that should be keyworded as well:

X RAY VIDEO

XRAY VIDEO

RADIOGRAPH

ANIMATED VIDEO is the preferred keyword for any moving image that is made up of illustrations, whether hand drawn, digitally composed, painted or made by any other non film/video method of creation.

Use the keyword COLORIZED VIDEO for videos (primarily older films) that were originally black and white but had other colors added digitally later.

Don't forget to include the synonym COLORIZATION and the British English spellings:

COLOURIZED VIDEO

COLOURIZED VIDEO

COLOURIZATION