Digital equivalent to "burn some film"?

I once heard an artist say he was going into his studio to "smear some paint". Film photographers often say,

"I am going out to burn some film". Do digital photographers have an equivalent self-deprecating phrase? "Pound

some pixels" perhaps?

<p>Fill up a few cards?</p>

<p>Flip some bits?</p>

<p>OK, I'll go away now...</p>

Sear my Sensor ?

 

Fry some Flash Cards ?

 

Feed my Photoshop ?

 

Burn some Images ?

<p>Flash some Photons?</p>

<p>Sprinkle Pixie Dust</p>

<p>BTW, would a filled card weigh slightly more than an empty card?</p>

<p>Push some pixels?</p>

<p>I must be pretty boring because I usually just tell my wife that <em>"I'm going out to take a few pictures"</em>. </p>

<p>I said exactly the same thing to my parents when I was a kid and all I had was my trusty old "F", and since then, I've never changed the phrase I used, even when I switched to almost all digital. It never was highbrow <em>"images"</em>, middle-of-the-road <em>"photographs"</em>, or lowbrow <em>"snapshots"</em> -- always <em>"pictures"</em>. However, about half the time I say, <em>"shoot a few..."</em>, instead of, <em>"take a few..."</em>.</p>

<p>If I'm out shooting with another photographer and see something interesting, I might say something like, <em>"Hold on -- I've got to grab that shot"</em>, but never anything that might seem cute or affected.</p>

<p>However, if I'm discussing photos with a client, an editor or another photographer, I almost always refer to them as <em>"images"</em>.</p>

<p>Tom M</p>

<p>I feel very prosaic, I just say take some photos.<br>

As I do rather a lot of equestrian work, "shoot some horse," just doesn't sound right.</p>

Digits, man -- we got digits.

<p>i really surprise to hear that it can be useful to all friends of us.......</p>

<p>Byte the light? Just sayin'...</p>

<p>Capture the light? Capture some photons/electrons?</p>

<p>A digital equivalent to burning film needs the self-deprecating tone applied to something that's actually purposeful and probably skilled. An artist smears paint, a machinist makes chips, a cabinetmaker makes sawdust, a mason throws mud, an excavator moves dirt, and so forth. </p>

<p>Although we still use film, my wife and I usually say we're going to go click a shutter. That could work for digital too until something better comes along.</p>

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<p>I'm usually out photographing somewhere.</p>

<p>Rick H.</p>

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<p>"...shoot some horse," just doesn't sound right.</p>

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<p>still, they do it, don't they?</p>

<p>[[Do digital photographers have an equivalent self-deprecating phrase?]]</p>

<p>I usually head out to "ruin someone's Flickr experience." </p>

 

"Get some actuation count"

<p>Troll some tachyons.</p>

<p>We are a world of pyromaniacs. We burn film, we burn rubber, we burn boats, we burn calories...</p>

<p>You creative wordsmiths amuse me, particularly Peter Meade :-)</p>

<p>"Dance with pixels"</p>

Going out to rearrange some bits :-)<br><br>

 

Actually, just "burn some bits" isn't half bad...

Spray and Pray