i doubt wedding photographers on the list are going to be happy if you call them "snapshooters" :)
best, mishka On 7/23/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I agree for the most part with Don. However... > > Photographs include snapshots: it's a category or type of photograph, > typified by the kinds of pictures you see in a "family vacation > album" or "first birthday party album". To me, "snap shots" are > subject-oriented record photographs, casually handled in technical > terms. They can be planned or posed as well as more spontaneous grab > pictures. Good snapshots can be considered an art form until themselves. > > BTW: "Hip shots" in street photography are often carefully planned, > whether or not the viewfinder was used. They're not snapshots. > > Godfrey > > > On Jul 23, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Don Sanderson wrote: > > > I would say it is a quickly taken shot to record a person, > > place or event. > > It would be given very little thought as to the technical > > details. > > Critical focus, composition, exposure, equipment choice, > > etc. would all take second place to simply making an > > exposure of the "moment". > > > > A not "pre-concieved" shot. Unlike a shot where the picture > > is first in your "minds eye" and THEN, AFTER considering > > the best way to achieve what you have in mind, make the > > exposure. The latter is to me a photograph, the former > > a snap shot. > > > > Not unlike "shooting from the hip" versus careful aiming > > when using a firearm. > > > > Don > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 2:33 PM > >> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >> Subject: What is snapshot? (seriously) > >> > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> Shel responded that my latest PAW was a good snap, nothing more... > >> While > >> I accept what he said, he made me thinking... > >> > >> What is a snap shot, really??? What is an opposite of snap shot??? > >> Technically, with modern AF cameras the time spent taking the picture > >> itself is rather short... So what is a snap shot anyway ... > >> > >> Let us be constructive, ladies and gentlemen. I realize this can > >> grow to > >> a long thread and I want it to be peaceful... > >> > >> Thanks a lot in advance... > >> > >> Boris > >> > >> > > > > > >
