On 23 Jul 2005 at 20:28, Don Sanderson wrote: > This has been a fun thread, nice to know what everyone thinks. > OK, the DEFINITIVE answer. > > Picture this: > You're in the kitchen and hear this screaming/laughing/hissing > noise in the other room. > Rushing out to see what's going on you find the 3 year old holding > the cat, upside down, above his head and spinning in circles. > Knowing you should rush to their aid, but being a photographer, > you grab the digi, turn it on, and grab one quickie for posterity. > You then go save the poor cat/kid. > This = SNAPSHOT > > Now picture this: > You've heard somewhere that at a certain date and time a mountain > in Iceland (Scartaris, I believe)allows a single ray of sunshine > to fall on a passage in a crater which leads to the center of the > earth. > Not wanting to miss the event you book passage to Iceland, climb > the adjoining mountain and spend 6 days in blizzards and freezing > rain to position yourself for the perfect exposure. > The 75+ pounds of camera gear slows you down but you perservere. > Finally finding the ideal spot you anchor your tripod firmly with > pitons and settle in to wait. > Discovering that all of your food and water has been lost in the > climb you endure the hunger and melt snow in your already sodden > coat for drinking water. > At the VERY MOMENT you are ready to take the shot you find > yourself accosted by some mad count who wishes to kill you > and take the discovery for himself. > Cable release in one frostbitten hand, beating off the count > with your trusty backup K-1000 in the other, you get the shot! > This = PHOTOGRAPH > > ***Everything in between is gray area.*** > > There, it's settled.
I still think (frost-bite aside) that SNAPSHOTS are a sub-set of PHOTGRAPHS :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
