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Photograph vs. Snapshot
What is the difference between a photograph and a snapshot?
September 11, 2001
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
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Depends on who you talk to. First of all a snapshot is a photograph but a photograph is not necesarily a snapshot. To me a snapshot is a picture taken without much thought or planning generally designed to capture a moment or record a place or memory. Family albums are loaded with snapshots. They are usually poorly composed, lit, and focussed but they succeed in capturing a moment in history. A good photograph stands on it's own without explanation or a knowledge of the circumstances. It is well thought out in terms of composition, lighting, and focus (which doesn't necessarily mean it is in sharp focus). There is clear intent to a good photograph and it tells a story or illustrates an emotion.
September 10, 2001
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Hermann Graf |
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Ashley, a snapshot is just point and shoot in order to grasp the moment which otherwise you cannot hold of because it is gone. A photograph is the result of planning, thinking, rethinking and improving.
September 11, 2001
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