Every photo is a snapshot.
Bill P wrote:
Nothing new on this forum.
Yet you still felt compelled to add nothing to the ever growing compilation of effectively more nothing.
rmorrison1116 wrote:
It all depends on how many sleeves a left hands vest has directly after sunday's edition of Saturday school of lions commenced to complete a trip up memory alley while downing two pints of the finest bath tub Scotch tape dispenser with single sided dual glow apartment keys and dispenser.
Ah! but remember to forget what happened tomorrow just before last week.
In the UK "snap" often refers to a workday packed lunch. So perhaps a snapshot is a photograph taken in the lunch break.
Delderby wrote:
In the UK "snap" often refers to a workday packed lunch. So perhaps a snapshot is a photograph taken in the lunch break.
A picture of someone eating their snap perhaps?
Lets imagine that three photographers are on a safari. They are at a place where a leopard leaps toward its prey. One photographer is a professional who is there with his camera on a tripod, and with years of experience and skill behind him, makes what he would consider the image of a lifetime. Another photographer is skilled amateur and has her camera on motor drive and takes a whole series of images, one of which captures the scene in essentially the same way that the professional photographer did. Then there is a complete duffer carrying a camera capable of capturing the scene, but it is set on automatic and without any thought of composition, he snaps a shot. Finally there is a high quality trail camera situated in same area and it fires off when the leopard broke the beam causing the camera to fire when it made its leap. Now a day or so later back at the hotel where all are staying for a photographic workshop, all the photographs have been developed and enlarged including the one from the trail cam. There has been one photograph selected from the several taken by the lady with the motor drive. Each of the four photographs viewed separately or together would be considered excellent images. They are to be considered at the workshop in a discussion about what makes a fine image. All four images are brought to the conference room to be discussed. Only there is a problem, the intern who was supposed to identify each image neglected to do so and there is absolutely no way to match up the photographers and the trail camera to their photographs. For the purposes of this discussion, the SD cards, are not available for comparison, each image is standing on its own merit. We are only able to consider each image within the four corners of the photograph before us. How do we arrange the four photographs in a hierarchy of quality from a carefully planned photograph to a mechanically derived snap if planning is what separates a photograph from a snap shot?
RodeoMan wrote:
Lets imagine that three photographers are on a safari. They are at a place where a leopard leaps toward its prey. One photographer is a professional who is there with his camera on a tripod, and with years of experience and skill behind him, makes what he would consider the image of a lifetime. Another photographer is skilled amateur and has her camera on motor drive and takes a whole series of images, one of which captures the scene in essentially the same way that the professional photographer did. Then there is a complete duffer carrying a camera capable of capturing the scene, but it is set on automatic and without any thought of composition, he snaps a shot. Finally there is a high quality trail camera situated in same area and it fires off when the leopard broke the beam causing the camera to fire when it made its leap. Now a day or so later back at the hotel where all are staying for a photographic workshop, all the photographs have been developed and enlarged including the one from the trail cam. There has been one photograph selected from the several taken by the lady with the motor drive. Each of the four photographs viewed separately or together would be considered excellent images. They are to be considered at the workshop in a discussion about what makes a fine image. All four images are brought to the conference room to be discussed. Only there is a problem, the intern who was supposed to identify each image neglected to do so and there is absolutely no way to match up the photographers and the trail camera to their photographs. For the purposes of this discussion, the SD cards, are not available for comparison, each image is standing on its own merit. We are only able to consider each image within the four corners of the photograph before us. How do we arrange the four photographs in a hierarchy of quality from a carefully planned photograph to a mechanically derived snap if planning is what separates a photograph from a snap shot?
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I came, I saw, I snapped. Sometimes they turn out pretty well, most times not. Same thing happens when I plan and snap.
Delderby wrote:
From powering up your camera
until clicking the shutter.
But I use clickless shutter :-(
RodeoMan wrote:
Lets imagine that three photographers are on a safari. They are at a place where a leopard leaps toward its prey. One photographer is a professional who is there with his camera on a tripod, and with years of experience and skill behind him, makes what he would consider the image of a lifetime. Another photographer is skilled amateur and has her camera on motor drive and takes a whole series of images, one of which captures the scene in essentially the same way that the professional photographer did. Then there is a complete duffer carrying a camera capable of capturing the scene, but it is set on automatic and without any thought of composition, he snaps a shot. Finally there is a high quality trail camera situated in same area and it fires off when the leopard broke the beam causing the camera to fire when it made its leap. Now a day or so later back at the hotel where all are staying for a photographic workshop, all the photographs have been developed and enlarged including the one from the trail cam. There has been one photograph selected from the several taken by the lady with the motor drive. Each of the four photographs viewed separately or together would be considered excellent images. They are to be considered at the workshop in a discussion about what makes a fine image. All four images are brought to the conference room to be discussed. Only there is a problem, the intern who was supposed to identify each image neglected to do so and there is absolutely no way to match up the photographers and the trail camera to their photographs. For the purposes of this discussion, the SD cards, are not available for comparison, each image is standing on its own merit. We are only able to consider each image within the four corners of the photograph before us. How do we arrange the four photographs in a hierarchy of quality from a carefully planned photograph to a mechanically derived snap if planning is what separates a photograph from a snap shot?
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How many angels can dance on the head of
a pin, without stepping on each other's toes ?
User ID wrote:
How many angels can dance on the head of
a pin, without stepping on each other's toes ?
none, but that is not relevant to my question.
RodeoMan wrote:
Lets imagine that three photographers are on a safari. They are at a place where a leopard leaps toward its prey. One photographer is a professional who is there with his camera on a tripod, and with years of experience and skill behind him, makes what he would consider the image of a lifetime. Another photographer is skilled amateur and has her camera on motor drive and takes a whole series of images, one of which captures the scene in essentially the same way that the professional photographer did. Then there is a complete duffer carrying a camera capable of capturing the scene, but it is set on automatic and without any thought of composition, he snaps a shot. Finally there is a high quality trail camera situated in same area and it fires off when the leopard broke the beam causing the camera to fire when it made its leap. Now a day or so later back at the hotel where all are staying for a photographic workshop, all the photographs have been developed and enlarged including the one from the trail cam. There has been one photograph selected from the several taken by the lady with the motor drive. Each of the four photographs viewed separately or together would be considered excellent images. They are to be considered at the workshop in a discussion about what makes a fine image. All four images are brought to the conference room to be discussed. Only there is a problem, the intern who was supposed to identify each image neglected to do so and there is absolutely no way to match up the photographers and the trail camera to their photographs. For the purposes of this discussion, the SD cards, are not available for comparison, each image is standing on its own merit. We are only able to consider each image within the four corners of the photograph before us. How do we arrange the four photographs in a hierarchy of quality from a carefully planned photograph to a mechanically derived snap if planning is what separates a photograph from a snap shot?
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Again, that assumes that snapshots are inherently lower quality than planned shots. A snapshot by a good photographer might beat a planned shot by a novice photographer. There is some luck involved in photography, and even the trail camera could luck into a great shot.
JohnSwanda wrote:
Again, that assumes that snapshots are inherently lower quality than planned shots. A snapshot by a good photographer might beat a planned shot by a novice photographer. There is some luck involved in photography, and even the trail camera could luck into a great shot.
No.......you are wrong......it says, under 4 different circumstances, 4 different conditions, took the same photo, and you could not tell them apart......... What more do you eant, period..... This was a damn good example....no arguments, period.
Who gives a damn what you call it. A photo is a photo, period. A " snapshot" got it's name from people taking vacation photos......but a snapshot by definition is a photo of a moment in time ( freezes it). And that applies TO ALL PHOTOS. Look up the definitation, I posted it earlier.
Why can't we all just hey along and agree on basics......
RodeoMan wrote:
Lets imagine that three photographers are on a safari. They are at a place where a leopard leaps toward its prey. One photographer is a professional who is there with his camera on a tripod, and with years of experience and skill behind him, makes what he would consider the image of a lifetime. Another photographer is skilled amateur and has her camera on motor drive and takes a whole series of images, one of which captures the scene in essentially the same way that the professional photographer did. Then there is a complete duffer carrying a camera capable of capturing the scene, but it is set on automatic and without any thought of composition, he snaps a shot. Finally there is a high quality trail camera situated in same area and it fires off when the leopard broke the beam causing the camera to fire when it made its leap. Now a day or so later back at the hotel where all are staying for a photographic workshop, all the photographs have been developed and enlarged including the one from the trail cam. There has been one photograph selected from the several taken by the lady with the motor drive. Each of the four photographs viewed separately or together would be considered excellent images. They are to be considered at the workshop in a discussion about what makes a fine image. All four images are brought to the conference room to be discussed. Only there is a problem, the intern who was supposed to identify each image neglected to do so and there is absolutely no way to match up the photographers and the trail camera to their photographs. For the purposes of this discussion, the SD cards, are not available for comparison, each image is standing on its own merit. We are only able to consider each image within the four corners of the photograph before us. How do we arrange the four photographs in a hierarchy of quality from a carefully planned photograph to a mechanically derived snap if planning is what separates a photograph from a snap shot?
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That's because all snap shots are photographs but not all photographs are snap shots. Being a snap shot does not set or define the importance of quality of a photograph. It's simply a reference to how the photograph was taken. In your scenario 3 of the 4 shots may classify as snap shots, maybe all 4.
frankraney wrote:
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Why can't we all just hey along and agree on basics......
Because everyone is "right" in their own interpretation/understanding?????
Fat chance unfortunately.
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