Every photo is a snapshot (Page 5): Agree with you wholeheartedly John. I have taken many snapshots while attempting to take "good" photos. I am still learning to take good photos...

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Jun 29, 2019 15:06:47 #

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

JohnSwanda wrote:

I would disagree with that definition of a snapshot. I feel it excludes prior planning. Would you consider photos shot with a view camera, or really any photo shot with a tripod to be snapshots? If every photo is a snapshot, what use is the term snapshot?

Agree with you wholeheartedly John. I have taken many snapshots while attempting to take "good" photos. I am still learning to take good photos instead of snapshots, and I think planning definitely goes into the equation to accomplish that.

Jun 29, 2019 15:08:47 #

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

Longshadow wrote:

Another name for picture.

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

That is true! "Quality" depends upon what you captured in your picture.

Jun 29, 2019 15:09:28 #

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

“Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact”
― Henri Cartier-Bresson

To answer your question, it's quite simple. One recognizes a setting has having potential. Then, with camera ready, keep watch until the scene develops that incorporates that scene and the visualization the photographer had, even if it is just an outline of the idea. Yes, that can be very disappointing. However, when it works, one has a masterpiece.
--Bob

Bill P wrote:

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

And what's the point of this discussion?

Jun 29, 2019 15:28:24 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ballsafire wrote:

That is true! "Quality" depends upon what you captured in your picture.

And since "quality" is relative to the viewer, what one person calls an photograph, another may call a snapshot.

Jun 29, 2019 16:01:11 #

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

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.

Snap as in snapshot infers a 'quickly taken shot'. However, most people learn that 'thinking time' creates a better shot.

a 'slow shot' should be better composed and exposed. It should also cut down on the time to 'remove' unwanted distractions like signs and litter.

snap travels at the speed of sound....having seen some of the ISO settings used here they should be called Warp shots.

Tongue firmly in cheek!

Jun 29, 2019 16:17:39 #

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

I just skipped to the last comment on page 5. Maybe it is time to ignore such statements as the one from the OP.

Jun 29, 2019 16:24:41 #

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

Silverman wrote:

I am a 68 year old "Casual" Advanced Amateur Photographer, my Camera, a Nikon D3300 with a Nikon 50mm 1.8g lens and also a Nikon 18-140 3.5-5.6 Telephoto lens. Now I Personally refer to my created images as "Photographs" not "Snapshots". No I am not a Professional by any means, but I do feel decent"Casual" Photography deserves more respect than the term "Snapshot".

I refer to mine as “images.”

Jun 29, 2019 16:28:56 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ronpier wrote:

I refer to mine as “images.”

Jun 29, 2019 16:31:40 #

Bill_de Loc: US

Snapshot, photograph, and if edited enough maybe a digital image.

I'm a fan of that oldtimer who said, What is in a name ...

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Jun 29, 2019 16:52:08 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

JohnSwanda wrote:

They are neither photographs or snap shots they are all PICTURES (PICS)

Jun 29, 2019 16:58:22 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

camerapapi wrote:

What you are doing ends up being a snapshot but when you plan a shot and take the time to set the controls of the camera to obtain the best results of the subject in front of you I would not call that a snapshot.

How long must one plan a shot before it qualifies as photograph?

Jun 29, 2019 17:00:55 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Alaskangiant wrote:

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

Do you believe in PICS?

Jun 29, 2019 17:04:22 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

srt101fan wrote:

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

According to the snapshot police or the photograph police?

Jun 29, 2019 17:06:10 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Bill P wrote:

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

And what's the point of this discussion?

To clear up once and for all how long exactly must it be planned to go from snapshot to photograph

Jun 29, 2019 17:08:27 #

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Vince68 wrote:

How long did you plan the snapshots versus the photographs? And how long in minutes does it take ?

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