Photographing or Shooting?

[shutterbud]

<p>Several times I have responded to my friends' question "What did you get up to yesterday?" with "I went out shooting" and several times they've done a double-take on the terminology. I do think it is likely the term came from across the pond, but I have noticed that those who engage in a particular activity in an intense way inevitably create their own terminology. Some non-photographic examples I have used myself are<br>

1) "Juice"<br>

2) "Peaking"<br>

3) "Playing Out"<br>

4) "Woman tone"<br>

5) "Cake"<br>

6) "Puja War"<br>

7) "Slip joint"<br>

8) "Shred"<br>

9) "Caser"<br>

10) Honemeister<br>

We all like to get into things, to use the language of the initiated. </p>

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[ukhov]

<p>-and Zenit Photosniper was made in few models and sell next shelfs from hunting guns in fishing and hunting store . Photohunt was pricey like birds photography gear this days .</p>

[dan_south]

<p>Photographing, shooting, and taking pictures are synonymous.</p>

[aplumpton]

<p>"Making" pictures I find preferable to "taking" pictures. Like shooting, it infers more an objective than taking.</p>

[nico_morris]

<p>Nobody thought to count the syllables here? "Shoot" or "Shot" is one syllable. "Pho-to-graph" is three and "Take pic-tures of" is four.<br /> Specialised areas tend to take on more refined definitions of common words. To take root normally they often make things quicker to say.<br /> A five year old could naturally contract "photographed" to "photoed". Everybody would understand what they meant. This word hasn't caught on because the word "shoot" was shorter, and no doubt appealed to the machismo of predominantly male photographers.</p>