{"id":152686,"date":"2019-07-05T19:48:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T02:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=152686"},"modified":"2019-07-05T20:01:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T03:01:57","slug":"snapshots-are-the-best-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/snapshots-are-the-best-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots are the Best Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I desire to make a change to the culture of photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I propose the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best shots are snapshots. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153snapshot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d not to be used as a pejorative (insult). Instead, it being used as a term to communicate a notion of shooting something instinctively, intuitively, directly, and authentically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To grab, snatch, seize <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I like the German word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153schnappen<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (another iteration of the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153snap\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). It means to grab, snatch, or seize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u00e2\u20ac\u0153snapshot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a photograph we quickly shoot, in order to grab or immortalize a moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too often we miss moments, and we fail to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153seize the moment\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. We must carpe photos \u00e2\u20ac\u201d seize photo opportunities! We must shoot uncensored, quickly, without thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perfection as a photographer is to shoot freely, instinctively, without any self censorship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subconscious photography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I believe there is much wisdom in photography which is done subconsciously. We shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t over analyze while we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting. Or as Anders Petersen says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoot from the stomach (gut), and edit (select photos) with your brain. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting, shoot without thinking. Let your subconscious lead you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And later when you review your photos, then use your brain to best determine the photos you love the most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And to conclude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snap on!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I desire to make a change to the culture of photography. I propose the following: The best shots are snapshots. The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153snapshot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d not to be used as a pejorative (insult). Instead, it being used as a term to communicate a notion of shooting something instinctively, intuitively, directly, and authentically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1472FE4E-D877-407F-BB1C-CD4DD43E3E7B.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152686"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152699,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152686\/revisions\/152699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}