I have noticed over the last years that we no longer take a photograph , or a Image / Exposure
The NRA would be so proud of us now adorting the gun terminology
Or the drinking culture
Your thoughts ?
Indeed, ‘shooting’ strictly speaking refers to archery but was adapted to firearms where ‘fire’ would be more ‘correct’ .It goes way back. In a book from the 1920s I saw a discussion of snapshots in the context of press photography and it was used in a manner suggesting it was already current terminology. English (like other languages) evolves to cover new technologies by referencing older and more familiar objects and actions.
I have noticed over the last years that we no longer take a photograph , or a Image / Exposure
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary this usage dates back to 1890.I have noticed over the last years that we no longer take a photograph , or a Image / Exposure
You have, their Soul !!!How about "Nice capture?" - Makes me think I've caged something.
Sadly a lot of people seem to believe that, or something like it, these days, hence all the problems with photographing children and so on.You have, their Soul !!!
Bokeh doesn’t have any other equivalent in English, though possibly you are complaining of its widespread misuse but that can’t be blamed on the word. It’s a bit like saying you won’t use ‘disinterested’ because so many use it instead of ‘uninterested’ ."Shooting / shoot" (When related to photography) Two terms I can't bring myself to use...along with "Bokeh", "Juxtaposition" and, Lord preserve us, "Fujigraph"!
You need to hang around the "Fabulous Fuji thread" a bit moreI don’t know what a Fujigraph is though .
Ah, you mean Фуџираф , thanks!You need to hang around the "Fabulous Fuji thread" a bit more
The earliest mention, after a quick search, was 2017.
But I'm pretty sure its an ancient Greek term
"Shooting / shoot" (When related to photography) Two terms I can't bring myself to use...along with "Bokeh", "Juxtaposition" and, Lord preserve us, "Fujigraph"!
There are others one begining with D ....Only one person has ever used that term on here afaik [G.K as shown in the link Cobra posted]
Ah yes snapograph man, I do cringe whenever I read that, but if he likes it ...Only one person has ever used that term on here afaik [G.K as shown in the link Cobra posted], it's his own thing, love or loathe it.
I remember them but I tend to think of the pantograph ... which was not a machine for making underwear out of graph paper, before any silly sod suggests it .There are others one begining with D ....
TBH I always think "Spirograph" ( remember those? ) when I see that term
Shan't bother nowwhich was not a machine for making underwear out of graph paper, before any silly sod suggests it
Just realised it's the same person that uses fujigraphAh yes snapograph man, I do cringe whenever I read that, but if he likes it ...
No, that was a pantygraphI remember them but I tend to think of the pantograph ... which was not a machine for making underwear out of graph paper, before any silly sod suggests it .
Oh no it isn't!A pantograph is for plotting how out many times the audience say "oh yes he is" in each performance.
-graph makes me think of Rayograph.
I suppose all these images must be printed on graph paper...
Have to say, I gave been rather pleased with my Sonographs.....
Oh no it isn't!
I am wondering who "we" is ? I have always used those terms
My understanding of it was ‘A thread that started bonkers barely deteriorated at all’.Another serious thread gone bonkers, where will it all end?
I actually used a pantograph to enlarge line drawings in the 1960s. The one we had was a massive brass affair on its own table in a corner of the advertising department. It had apparently been bought in a fit of "modernisation" sometime in the 1930s and used very occassionally ever after. It was better than getting the platemakers to enlarge stuff because you ended up with much smoother lines.Anyway, the real definition of a pantograph is a measurement of how much you pant when reaching the post box on the corner after the Christmas and New Year excesses.
Yes but there was a popular wooden ‘toy’ version (probably 1950ish).I actually used a pantograph to enlarge line drawings in the 1960s. The one we had was a massive brass affair on its own table in a corner of the advertising department. It had apparently been bought in a fit of "modernisation" sometime in the 1930s and used very occassionally ever after. It was better than getting the platemakers to enlarge stuff because you ended up with much smoother lines.
You now know more about the damned things than you ever wanted to!
I had a "sketch-a-graph in the 70's that did a similar thing...I actually used a pantograph to enlarge line drawings in the 1960s. The one we had was a massive brass affair on its own table in a corner of the advertising department. It had apparently been bought in a fit of "modernisation" sometime in the 1930s and used very occassionally ever after. It was better than getting the platemakers to enlarge stuff because you ended up with much smoother lines.
You now know more about the damned things than you ever wanted to!
Also if true, the paranoia (removed from the entry point desk) of the US border force to not have simply said "pardon, would you care to explain yourself...."???A story, perhaps apocryphal: a cinematographer was flying into the USA to make a test film. When US immigration asked him what he was going to do in their country he replied that he was 'going to shoot a pilot'. He was removed to a small dark room for some considerable time. Another, if unusual, reason to avoid gun-related language.