What is a Snapshot?
Dec 21, 2018 20:23:32 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
According to the Dictionary of the Internet:
snap·shot /ˈsnapˌSHät/noun 1. an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a small handheld camera. 2. a shot taken quickly by a hunter.
There you go, and considering some of the most memorable photographs in history are snapshots, there's nothing wrong taking them.
snap·shot /ˈsnapˌSHät/noun 1. an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a small handheld camera. 2. a shot taken quickly by a hunter.
There you go, and considering some of the most memorable photographs in history are snapshots, there's nothing wrong taking them.
You mean like the sailor kissing the nurse?
Well, maybe he had a few seconds to compose it.
Dec 22, 2018 01:46:05 #
Seriously?
ricardo7 wrote:
I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Dec 22, 2018 05:44:49 #
When you just point and shoot it's a snapshot. I have few snapshots but once in a while I get lucky.Dec 22, 2018 06:31:31 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
With derision in her voice she says "Henry only takes snapshots". Later in the evening he says with awe, "Did you seen Mary's photographs?" Can anyone tell me what a snapshot is, when a snapshot becomes a photograph or when a photograph becomes art?
To me the word "Snapshot" in Photography has a conatation of be "Amaturish", "unplanned", "Quickly-Done", etc. Where a "Photograph" is something just the opposite. I would say I have done both in Photography, taken a "Snapshot" as well I have Created a "Photograph".
Dec 22, 2018 06:34:56 #
I spent many years in camera club competitions. Those competitions were often referred to as salons. Those competative photographs needed to follow certain "rules" of composition, interest and technique. A simple photo taken without much regard for those rules say like aunt Sally simply standing next to a Christmas tree were often called "record shots", "grab shots" or "snap shots" and were not considered competition quality.
There are many types of photography. Salon, journalistic, forensic, art, etc. What is good photography is by and large in the eye of the beholder. Yes there are some universal qualities that make a photo good. In the end if you like it , even if the composition doesnt follow certain "rules" or the exposure isnt spot on it is a good photo.
There are many types of photography. Salon, journalistic, forensic, art, etc. What is good photography is by and large in the eye of the beholder. Yes there are some universal qualities that make a photo good. In the end if you like it , even if the composition doesnt follow certain "rules" or the exposure isnt spot on it is a good photo.
Dec 22, 2018 07:05:13 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
ricardo7 wrote:
I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Both sarcastic and incorrect.
Dec 22, 2018 07:31:50 #
ricardo7 wrote:
So you're saying that no one with a film camera ever took a snapshot? And no one with a digital camera ever took a photograph?I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Dec 22, 2018 07:32:41 #
ottercreek
Loc: Southwest Ohio
Don't think I have ever taken a real photograph.
Only snapshots to record something. Guess I'm in the wrong crowd!
Only snapshots to record something. Guess I'm in the wrong crowd!
Dec 22, 2018 07:54:31 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Art - That's very subjective.
Very good! There is no objective test to separate a snapshot from a photograph. "Snapshot" should be removed from the vocabulary.
Dec 22, 2018 07:56:19 #
ricardo7 wrote:
I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Interesting statement. Fortunately, you said it was sarcastic. "Humorous" or "silly" might have been a better term.
Dec 22, 2018 07:58:19 #
ricardo7 wrote:
I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
No, no, no! A photograph is taken with expensive and complicated gear; a snapshot with a cheap-o camera!
I believe the current threshold is $3000 - if the gear isn't worth at least that much then they are just snaps.
Dec 22, 2018 08:01:41 #
I think in this instance she might have meant shoot candids rather than staged portraits.
Dec 22, 2018 08:13:44 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
Intent. To me, a snapshot is a quick reactive shot. No thought really enters into it.
Dec 22, 2018 08:29:59 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
Horse crap.
ricardo7 wrote:
I'll be somewhat sarcastic:. Digital pictures are snapshots.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Pictures made from film and printed in the darkroom are potentially photographs. Possibly even objects of art.
Dec 22, 2018 09:25:03 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
No doubt that a snapshot by your definition might be unplanned, but turn out to be an incredible and great photograph.
Does it matter why the picture was snapped, or how the image was created?
Does it matter why the picture was snapped, or how the image was created?
Dennis
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