that's a great shot but It aint a snapshot. I shoot all the time with large format and MOST of the time you wait for just the right momemt to trip the shutter after spending much time adjusting camera, focusing and composing the shot. Just because he waited for the right light and arrangement of the people to trip the shutter doesn't make it a snapshot. Snapshots are quick handheld photos taken quickly without much technical time spent and on on the spur of the moment, not pre-planed carefully designed time very consuming setup shots like this...
jco -----Original Message----- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What is snapshot? (Correct Answer) 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
