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From The Last Bandit. A Rock'n'roll Life by Nikki Sudden:
Joachim spent the time it took for Dave and I to be snapped attempting to chat up Brigitte.
I don't understand the meaning and the construction of the sentence. Does "to be snapped" mean to take a picture? Who was pictured, and who was attempting to chat up Brigitte (Joachim or Dave and I)?
"Snap" is used in various ways in connection with photography.
However, the term almost always refers to quick, unplanned photography. A posed photograph in a studio would not usually be called a 'snap'. In British English, 'Holiday snaps' is a common way to refer to amateur photographs taken on holiday. And, 'to be snapped' means to be photographed by someone else, usually unexpectedly.
In your example text, it seems that somebody photographed the first person and Dave were the ones photographed, during which time Joachim was chatting up Brigitte.
