Randy S. Little
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Ken Sinclair <photo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On terminology......
On 13-Sep-12, at 12:07 PM, Randy Little wrote:
like that other cracker the digital world introduced us to, giclee - anyone here still use that one? always hated it myself. Terminology is important, the problem occurs when terms are mangled, manipulated or misunderstood imo ;)
capturing the moment as a term certainly predates capture and sounds a lot less manly than shoot the moment and mount it on the wall.
I prefer the latter
When I started making images on glass plates inserted into a late 1890's Pierce view
camera just over 60 years ago, the term 'shoot' was not as 'popular as I hear... and now
regularly see in print. I cannot recall how popular the _expression_ was, but the first
time I used it I received a somewhat less than gentle slap on the back of my head ( just as
Gibbs treats DiNozzo on NCIS).... my mentor considered it a 'sloppy' term which he claimed
'interfered' with the creative act and required discipline of making a photograph. 'Taking a
photograph' and 'souping' were two of a few more 'terms' that I was 'strongly invited' to
remove from my vocabulary.
When I was teaching... or rather 'leading students through a learning experience' I came to
the conclusion that more the correct 'terminology' in use, a higher quality of results presented
by the students.
To this day, I still cringe on hearing the popularised 'slang' in regular use in both the spoken
and printed word.
Ken
Quando omni flunkus moritati (R. Green)
