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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 109992" data-attributes="member: 9240">I tend to use photo, pic, shot, image and capture rather interchangably, with capture usually reserved for when the photo is of a fleeting moment that would otherwise pass unnoticed (which is really everything, but I'm talking about a momentary expression, like a bird in flight, where movement is stalled forever).  I do not equate shot and snapshot as for me the latter seems to denote a random pressing of a shutter button with no thought to composition or the more artistic and mechanical aspects of photography.  Not saying that there's anything wrong with shooting that way, but if I were to spend an hour setting up a single photo and someone were to call it a "snapshot" I suspect I would take offense.</blockquote>