Every photo is a snapshot (Page 4): Personally speaking from 40 years of being a beginner, advanced and Pro and Artist the love from taking Snapshot turn from a Snap shooter to a...

Alaskangiant

gvarner wrote:

Every photo is a snapshot, an image capture in a moment in time. Some are just planned more than others. Some are planned a lot more than others. And some are just impulsive, seemingly unplanned shots - something of interest, lift the camera, point, shoot. This is what I do more often than not.

Personally speaking from 40 years of being a beginner, advanced and Pro and Artist the love from taking Snapshot turn from a Snap shooter to a artist when you either have the art of see or learn it from studying in the field and planning
Read the Art Of Seeing great book to help in learning to see lines patterns and emotions
Larry
So to me snapshot is to photography like jepg is to raw

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

gvarner wrote:

Every photo is a snapshot, an image capture in a moment in time. Some are just planned more than others. Some are planned a lot more than others. And some are just impulsive, seemingly unplanned shots - something of interest, lift the camera, point, shoot. This is what I do more often than not.

If every photo is a snapshot, why do the words 'photo' or 'photograph' or 'pic' or 'image' or a host of other like words even exist? And if every snapshot is nothing more than a moment in time, why have humans come up with such things as semantics or pragmatics or semiotics when, in reality, we're little more than ants following some vague biological imperative? Must go now. The nest requires my participation.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

gvarner wrote:

Every photo is a snapshot, an image capture in a moment in time. Some are just planned more than others. Some are planned a lot more than others. And some are just impulsive, seemingly unplanned shots - something of interest, lift the camera, point, shoot. This is what I do more often than not.

This is almost as good a topic as the "troll" driven; which camera is best, or raw vs jpeg, or SLR vs Mirrorless...

Cheers!

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

I don't understand the angst here. What difference does it make whether or not someone takes snapshots or carefully planned photos? In the end, they all end up as a digital image, and if what they end up with satisfies them, good for them. Sometimes a snapshot turns out to be a wall hanger, and often, planned photos won't even qualify as a quick snap. Just turns out that way sometimes. But a lot of people get a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure from just snaps. I take photos for my own enjoyment, so no matter if I get a quick grab or spend time setting up a shot and it turns out well, then I'm satisfied. But I won't disparage whatever means by which someone takes photos, nor the equipment they use.

Dannj

Scruples wrote:

When I was learning photography in High School, my teacher said our lives are photographs which we should be a part of. These photographs are waiting to be taken and shared.

LIFE IS LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY
FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT THINGS
CAPTURE THE GOOD TIMES
DEVELOP FROM THE NEGATIVES
KEEP LOOKING AROUND
IN THE VIEW FINDER AND
IF THINGS DON'T TURN OUT THE WAY YOU THOUGHT THEY WOULD
TAKE ANOTHER SHOT
YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!

I like that👍

Lemon Drop Kid Loc: Greeley, CO

A rose by any other name . . .

AndyGarcia

You certainly touched a nerve - well done. I think the old definition of "snapshot" is outdated and drips snobbery.

Would you all classify "Street Photography" as "snapshots" folks? Is candid Street Photography a posh description of "snapshots"? Are photos taken with a really good phone camera "snapshots"?

If you have a good eye, experience, decent equipment (ILC or phone) candid/snapshots can and will be great.

If you plan everything in detail and produce stunning images they will be great too.

I think I shoot both "snapshots" and "planned shots".

They work for me which is what counts. Whatever turns you on.

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

I somewhat disagree. The "planning" (or lack thereof) is just one aspect of photography. The "knowing" is another. Sometimes they can be very close to each other, sometimes not. Think you left out the creativity factor and every once in awhile the lucky factor, which can show up and is not necessarily part of anything. I would agree that sometimes snapshots can be award winners, but I think it is the exception, not the rule. Certainly a provoking thought if nothing else. lol

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Curmudgeon wrote:

Here we go again.

👍👍👍

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

sirlensalot wrote:

I somewhat disagree. The "planning" (or ... (show quote)

I think you've hit on something important here--the "knowing" aspect. It doesn't matter what kind, how simple or sophisticated the gear is, if you don't know how to use it properly, you're going to have a hard time getting either a snapshot or a planned shot to come out properly. Knowing includes not only how to take photos, but how to use the gear. If you don't use your camera frequently, you can't be proficient with it, and time and photos are lost while one takes the time trying to figure out how to set the camera. If used frequently, then using it becomes second nature to the photographer. So it's not so much the equipment used, but the user of the equipment.

srt101fan

A photo of a person with a tree or telephone post growing out of his or her head is a snapshot..... 😕

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

srt101fan wrote:

A photo of a person with a tree or telephone post growing out of his or her head is a snapshot..... 😕

No, that’s a mistake.

Bill P

Aren't street photos mostly snapshots? How does one plan/prepare for the decisive moment?

And what's the point of this discussion?

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

You just "take pictures;" that is what we say. A "snap shot"- what the hell is that??

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ballsafire wrote:

You just "take pictures;" that is what we say. A "snap shot"- what the hell is that??

Another name for picture.

However, many assign a certain "quality" level to it.