dat2ra Loc: Sacramento

CHF Canon - Right on! :-)

axiesdad Loc: Monticello, Indiana

Yes, Bipod did present some interesting history; too bad he felt the need to include all those opinions that make him sound like he's got a monopod stuck up his ....

jcboy3

My first shot of something is almost always a "snapshot". Then I follow up with a more studied approach; moving around to change angle, change focal length, change aperture and/or shutter speed, verifying exposure, verifying focus, bracket, use filters, etc. Sometimes, the "snapshot" is the only shot that works because it changes from what originally drew my attention.

donald4u Loc: California

Your regular snap shot is mom and dad and kids standing together. The difference between a snap shot and a great photo is. It makes you stop to look. It gets a response . It has Impact. Oh look at the big cats at the zoo. Snap. Now another Water is dripping from his mouth. You take the picture. It makes someone stop. Look a the falls . The water looks like silk. Impact.

kktim Loc: Zachary, La

"De photographibus non est disputandem" (Shouldn't this white box for replies to this forum type "Typed comments"???? When is a comment a "quick reply" vs a "well thought out reply" "a story" or "a play? Can a play be one if it isn't played?

kktim Loc: Zachary, La

Maybe that should have been, "De gustibus (photographibus) non est disputandem." It all depends on how you were brought up as to if it is an insult or praise. Down here, it is crawfish not crayfish; New Awlins not NewOrleans; gumbo only if it has okra and the plural of 'you' is 'yall'! A snapshot by a professional can be Art. A snapshot by the rest of us is called "what else did you take." Like someone else said, call it whatever your payee is calling it. After all, concerning "ART"; some 'art to have known better!!!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

A snap shot is a picture taken with a crop sensor snap camera. The Mk 2 in full frame is due in a month or two. (I just couldn't help myself)

old poet

Snapshot = when your camera makes a snapping sound when you press the shutter release. 😉

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

NOSTALGIA!

I remember little booklets with yellow textured cardstock covers- the words "YOUR SNAPSHOTS" were printed in red- in the corner was the Kodak logo. In it were 8, 12, 24 or 36 black and white photographs. The were printed on high gloss paper with white borders and deckled edges. On the back of each print there was a watermark "Kodak Velox Paper" and a stamped batch number. The perforated edge on the left side enabled easily removal of the prints so that I could place them in my album with black pages and black photo corners. The prints could be ordered in regular or JUMBO size. I shot 2 1/4 (Brownie Hawkeye) ordered 5x5s

You would bring you rolls of film (usually Verichrome) 120, 620, 127. 116 616 or Plus-X 828 or 35mm to the drug store or camera shop from where they were usually sent to a mass production semi-automated photo finishing lab. It usually took about a week and my booklet was returned in an envelope- the negatives were in some kind of protector- cellophane or white paper.

I could return you favorite negative to the store for a BIG 5x7 or 8x10 enlargement and for an additional small fee, have it tinted in transparent oils.

The pharmacist in the drug store saw my snapshots and thought I had talent and should be a photographer when I grow up- I agreed. My mother wanted me to become a doctor- I was leaning toward being a fireman at the time. My grandmother suggest plumbing as a career- she had just paid the plumber and figured that they made lots of money. My English teacher said I should be a doctor because I spoke like doctors write! Ended up as a photographer!

Those were indeed SNAPSHOTS! Merry Christmas Folks!

axiesdad Loc: Monticello, Indiana

Thanks for the memories!

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

I have a box full of my family's photos. I believe some of them are just like that. A few years ago I digitized some of them with a flat bed scanner. Then took some of them and printed them in a book for uncles and aunts. Included a CD for them to share with other relatives if they wanted to. Turns out many of their pictures had been destroyed in a fire.

Bipod

So far as I know, Ansel Adams never entered a photography club competition.
Neither did Alfred Stieglitz , Edward Weston, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand or
Dorothea Lange.

But then, neither Frank Sinatra nor Mick Jagger was never a contestant on The Voice.
Nor were Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin, Dione Warwick, Patti Labelle, Anita Baker or
Chrissie Hynde.

We live in the era of diminishing expectations.

I like many new recordings...but how does the engineering and musicianship sound--really--
compared to, say, Steely Dan? Is that Wayne Shorter on sax? Alas, not any more.

And how does that print look -- really look--compared to Ansel Adams, Minor White--or
or Bruce Barnbaum?

And color prints--how do they really stack up against Eliot Porter? Digital should be
able to equal dye transfer process, but rarely does---thanks to garish saturated color
and cheap attention-grabbing gimmicks. Deep commitmentand integrity is hard to fake.

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan

I'll add one last comment, but first, post Happy Christmas everyone! I'm not going to repeat the definitions I posted earlier, no one has taken exception them. The quality of the image determines which category it falls in, period. It doesn't matter who took the image, how much skill the photographer had, how much planning went into it, or how much thought was applied. There is only one rule, either the image is impactful (emotionally impactful) or it's not. The technical aspects of how image the came to exist are interesting but do not affect the assessment of whether it is of good enough to qualify as a 'photograph.' It would be great if it were otherwise true, but it's not.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I will take exception. There is no definition of photograph in any dictionary which defines a photograph by its quality. A photograph is an image that is the result of the action of light on a light sensitive material. Period. Snapshots ARE photographs. Lousy photographs are still photographs.