A color filter made of gelatin. Since gelatin can be dyed with a wide range of materials, filters can be made with a variety of colors for various effects.
Ghost Image or Ghosting
A double image that results from using flash in relatively bright light at a low shutter speed. The two images, one from the ambient light and a second from the flash, do not perfectly coincide.
GIF
Graphics image format. This is a raster-oriented graphic file format that allows the exchange of image files across multiple platforms.
Gigabyte
A unit of information equal to one billion bytes (1,024 megabytes).
GPS
Global Positioning System, in which the receiver calculates its position on the earth by timing signals received from GPS satellites.
Graininess
A term particular to film, it refers to the appearance of grain (the structure of a film's coating or emulsion) in a print, transparency or negative.
Grayscale
A term used to describe an image that contains multiple shades of gray, as well as black and white. Often used in imaging programs as a synonym for black-and-white.
Guide Number
Indicates the power of a flash in relation to ISO film speed.