I'd suggest that there are a lot of "snapshooters" on this list. There are about 600 list members, but only a handful that frequently participate in discussions/arguments. What kind of photography do those other 500 or so people do?
As for singing pigs, well, I'd like to suggest Ricky Jay's book, "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" <LOL> John Francis wrote: > THere are three sorts of people who use camera. One group who > regard the image as art, one group who see a challenge in getting > the best possible capture of a particular scene or moment. Both > of these groups are represented here. But in the real world the > largest group by far are those for whom neither the technical > skills nor the artistic vision are important - what they want is > a memento. (Some folks here refer to these as 'snapshooters'). > > Lamenting that a snapshooter has never learned the photographic > skills is like lamenting that your pig has never learned to sing.
