Rob Studdert wrote:
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 :-)
I agree. And the frostbite thing is outside the subset "snapshot" and
still inside the group "photograph."
