Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You may be right...but one goes out on a "photo shoot.." One "shoots" three rolls (of film.." One takes great shots....one got a great shot....One asks "Howe many shots did it take to get this one?..." Could be all the pointing and clicking.... At 08:18 PM 4/5/98 +0100, you wrote: >Alan Hull writes: > >> Here's another one ....... SHOOT. >> Its been fifteen years since I visited an English speaking country, so I >> was amazed when i first subscribed to the LUG a few months ago to >> discover >> the prevelance of the word SHOOT for PHOTOGRAPH. > >Oh dear *me* yes! I never use the word, and it makes me cringe every time >I read it. It just seems such a weird choice of word to use to describe a >situation where the photographer is engaged with his or her subject! > >Actually, on reflection, I think it's a weird word to use, to describe the >taking of a photograph, in any circumstances. > >Most odd. > > > David Morton | "I've finally figured out what's wrong with >dmorton@journalist.co.uk | photography. It's a one-eyed man looking > Islington, London, UK | through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality > (+44) 171 272 8908 | can there be in that?" (David Hockney) > > > >