RE: [Leica] Snapshots vs 'art'

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Bingo! :-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of lea
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:13 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Snapshots vs 'art'


For me the kid and other important folks aren't always snapshots. What
makes them snapshots is my frame of mind when I pick up the camera. If
my daughter is messing around with a friend while washing her car then I
might grab my camera, fire off a few frames to record the moment and
!VIOLA! I've got snapshots.

If, however, my daughter is all dressed up for graduation, I may choose
to record this momentus event with a little more thought and
effort...it's not going to be art, but it's more planned than a
snapshot.

The subject doesn't determine if it's a snapshot...my mindset does. Lea

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From: "Edward Caliguri" <caliguri@rcn.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: [Leica] Snapshots vs 'art'


> I think, B.D., that (at least for me!) it's almost an apology because 
> you don't want the viewer to see these as 'your best work'. 'Snaps' of

> the
kids
> and family are just unthinking grab shots, or more often posed (here 
> is a photo of the kids in front of the lion pen at the National Zoo) 
> and represent something of a record, nothing more. Only the 
> photographer,
those
> in it and relatives want to see it
>     However, I think you have a point - SOMETIMES, if you are lucky, 
> the
Zen
> thing we all spoke of before - and a gorgeous photograph just 
> 'happens' while you are 'snapping' - then you can show it to everyone,

> because then you can call it 'art' ;-)
>     Ed
>
> > <I MUST be missing something here...but why do photos of "the kids,"

> > and the other most important people and things in ones life, have to

> > be relegated to "snap shots?"
> >
> > Just wondering. :-)
> >
> > B. D.
>
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