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Who Coined The Term ‘Snapshot’?
Definition of the word ‘snapshot’
Noun: an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a small handheld camera.
If I had to guess when someone coined the term ‘snapshot’ I would think it was definitely within the past forty or fifty years. And if I was told it was earlier, I would guess in the 1930s. And if I was told it was even earlier, I would guess it was when Kodak brought out the Box Brownie camera in about 1900. If I was told it was even earlier, I would guess it was when George Eastman brought out the first Kodak camera in 1888.
In fact the term ‘snapshot’ was coined by Sir John Herschel, a British scientist and astronomer, in 1860. Herschel used the term to describe a photograph ‘taken quickly, as a hunter would take a quick shot without aiming carefully’.
Canon R6 With 16mm Lens
Wide angle lenses increase the sense of depth in a photo. Long lenses do the opposite – they compress distance.
If you get close enough with a wide angle lens the photo will make the viewer feel involved in the scene,
But you have to get close enough. For the photo of the crowd that meant being about six to nine inches from the man on the left.