On 7/24/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it then be fair to say that if you rest the camera on a table top to > take the same pic you would if you were holding the camera in your hand, > it's no longer a snapshot? > > A snapshot is a state of mind ;-))
YES! You hit the nail on the head, Shel. It doesn't matter if the camera's handheld or not: http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/strand/strand_wall_street_full.html I'd say that's a snapshot. Taken with a view camera on a tripod. Lots of planning. But, he had to wait for the right moment. He couldn't plan when that would be, he just ~knew~ it (or, rather, felt it) was the right moment. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
