Real_JamesCainSomeone commented on one of my photographs that it was a “beautiful capture”. It made me feel like it was just a snapshot. Some photographs out there are so digitally manipulated they no longer seem to be real images; they are still stunning, but can you still call them photographs? I honestly don’t know. Photographers have been manipulating images from day one, instead of the computer, it was the dark room. I guess I take umbrage that if my photograph isn’t presented with a thousand filters, appears with a cursive watermark, and isn’t artistic in some way, that my photograph is somehow invalid. #Photography #Photographer #PhotographerRant #Art #ArtAdvice #ArtRant
David Collantes@real_jamescain a “beautiful capture” is just that to me. Why did you feel it was “just a snapshot”? What does that means?
@david A snapshot is someone without experience pointing a camera, perhaps not even aiming it, without regard to composition or artistic value.
@real_jamescain TIL! I normally use shot, or click to refer to photographs (or the action of taken them), regardless whether they are professionally/artistically taken, or just on the spur of the moment. Thanks!
@david I use shot to refer to the action of taking a photo, which, in my mind, is different than snapshot. Your mileage may vary.
@real_jamescain funny enough, I only associate snapshot with computers. Normally use it with NFS (Network File Systems), or VMs (Virtual Machines). Also with “freezing” something in time. Again, today I learned! ☺️
@david That’s funny, for an image capture, I always refer to that as a screen-shot. I’m a data analyst so I know what you’re talking about.