(Unnecessary pedantry ahead.) Actually, it originates in hunting (fowling) and meant an opportunity shot taken without time to set up or consciously aim, relyin

(Unnecessary pedantry ahead.) Actually, it originates in hunting (fowling) and meant an opportunity shot taken without time to set up or consciously aim, relying on reaction time and trained instinct. In photography, it was a pejorative term applied to amateur photographs taken with essentially the same amount of thought and planning by people who owned those new Kodak gizmos that Mr. Eastman made, and it's pretty much retained that meaning.