Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Fr=E5n: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net> > And as long as I am on my soap box: Two more words commonly misused: >=20 > Donal Philby > San Diego > http://www.donalphilby.com 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 discove= r the prevelance of the word SHOOT for PHOTOGRAPH. There was a wedding photography thread running and I really thought I had stumbled on a kinky mailing list when I read such things as "I enjoy shooting kids in church= , especially when they are not looking." Or another one "I shot the bridegroom during the ceremony and the vicar objected that the flash disturbed ..." Or from another thread " ...on an outing with the local gun club I successfully shot four rolls of fast film." (not fast enough apparantly). The public perception of PJ's is probably based in part on this machismo attitude to what should be after all a very gentle activity= .=20 I wonder if lady photographers have also adopted this gung ho word or do they still take photographs of their clients. =20 I can understand amatuers using this word to feel good in the locker room= .=20 But I cannot understand a professional working photographer degrading his art with verbal symbals of war, the hunt, and the firing range. =20 Here's another one. " ..I told the secretary on the top floor that I was here to shoot the CEO on behalf of the shareholders...." Enough said. = =20 Thanks for the loan of the soapbox, Donal. Alan Hull