1. SNAPSHOT/COMPOSED
making art or making not art.

2. What visual clues help to tell the story?
What is this photograph by Dorothea Lange about?

3. What distracts you from the story?
What is this photograph by blogger Sam Warren about?

4. Consider how the aspects of art work together
to create strong compositions.

25. Snapshot
or Composed?

26. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?

27. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot

28. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.

29. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.

30. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.

31. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo

32. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo
vs. Composed Photograph

33. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo
vs. Composed Photograph
• An artistic interpretation of an event, person, object, or place.

34. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo
vs. Composed Photograph
• An artistic interpretation of an event, person, object, or place.
• A process where care is taken to consider the elements and principles that exist
within the frame of the composition.

35. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo
vs. Composed Photograph
• An artistic interpretation of an event, person, object, or place.
• A process where care is taken to consider the elements and principles that exist
within the frame of the composition.
• Organized frame, where attention has been paid to expressing an emotion or
telling the viewer something about its subject.

36. What is the difference between a snapshot and a
composed photograph?
Snapshot
• A casual record of some event, person, object or place.
• Usually a very quick response to a situation.
• Unorganized, no attention has been paid to details.
• Only the photographer has an emotional connection to the photo
vs. Composed Photograph
• An artistic interpretation of an event, person, object, or place.
• A process where care is taken to consider the elements and principles that exist
within the frame of the composition.
• Organized frame, where attention has been paid to expressing an emotion or
telling the viewer something about its subject.
• A universal appeal or sense of interest - ability to connect to many viewers

37. HOW CAN ITURN MY
SNAPSHOT INTO A
COMPOSED PHOTOGRAPH?

50. APPEL • PHOTO 1 • SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENT #1:
SNAPSHOT COMPOSED
2. Tape or glue it in to your sketchbook. Label it SNAPSHOT and write WHY it is a snapshot (using your
notes and/or our discussion from class the other day.)
3. Think about how you could CHANGE or RETAKE the photograph to make it more composed. Make
sure you consider all the components of what makes a photograph composed! (Use your notes as a
reference!)
4. If you need to CHANGE your photograph to make it composed, use tracing paper to overlay on top of
the image and make the changes (for example, cropping, adding something to the composition, etc.) If
you need to RETAKE your photograph, draw a thumbnail sketch (can be simple so long as it is
clear!) of how you would retake the photograph of the same subject / idea but making it composed.
5. Write how you changed / retook your photograph, it and why that makes it composed. Include how
your new photograph tries to have a more universal appeal as well as what Principle of Composition
(s) your new photograph uses.
1. Choose one of the images you
brought in (or you can find a
new one you’d rather use)
that is definitely a snapshot.
- casual record of my team
- only emotionally meaningful to us
- no considerations of the “POC”
- not an artistic interpretation or communicating anything
about the subject
SNAPSHOT
examples of
CHANGE
examples of
RETAKE
- cropped image to focus
on hands & boat - cuts
out extra background
and makes it a bit more
universal
- uses Rule of Thirds
(hands on right third
line)
- added figures in the
extreme foreground to
create interest / sense
of mystery
- uses Point of View
(looking between people
from behind)
- instead of a typical team
photo, I could focus on the
idea of being a team through
showing one player
comforting another player
- Using the Edges of the Frame
(players & bench on left and
bottom edge; basket on right
edge - nothing in middle area)
- I could try to symbolize my
team by using our water
bottles as a symbol for us -
they are close together to
show our closeness
- uses Light (strong light
source creates shadows) and
FTF/Cropping (zoomed in)