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Photogs...who hates that name?
What is "yo" short for? May 26 06 02:19 am Link We can call all the photographers tog's and all the models mo's. Stylists...we can call them ...hey you...works for me. Hehe May 26 06 07:06 am Link orinxpress wrote: Just don't call me the "Photo Guy",lol May 26 06 07:14 am Link We live in a culture that revels in acronyms. Consider 8 years of medical school only to be referred to as "Doc", or 7 years of college to get your Juris Doctorate Degree in law and be known as the "mouthpiece". As professional photographers, we have the advantage of letting our work speak for itself. If our work is good, a number of adjectives will proclaim our greatness. If it is unacceptable, "photog" might not sound so bad. Don't focus on the name...focus on the quality of your work and "Professional" will always preceed "photog". Ron Baker Solid Image Photographic Service 145859 May 26 06 07:18 am Link Didn't care for "picture man". Didn't mind "crazy bastard" until I realized they're right! May 26 06 07:19 am Link Solid Image Digital wrote: An acronym is a word formed from initials, such as "NATO" from the initial letters of "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". "Doc" is, I think, a colloquialism, while "mouthpiece" may be an euphemism. May 26 06 07:32 am Link ~Krista~ wrote: meant to be sort of an abbreviation and not really a word at all. May 26 06 07:35 am Link Hmm.. I happen to use photogs to refer to photographers in general. Probably just the mind trying to be lazy at work. Personally, I wouldn't really mind it if someone referred to me as a photog. As long as it means photographer when they say it. Take the word "kameko" used to refer to the photographers that chase after cosplayers in Japan. It means, fairly literally, "Camera Kid", but tends to carry extra meaning... ie, some kid chasing you around with a camera. Not okay with that label. The term Papparazzi(sp?) kinda refers to the same thing with a likewise negative tone to it. Is there a negative association with the word "Photog/Photogs"? Or is it just a truncated form of photographer thats slowly coming into common usage? May 26 06 07:39 am Link aref wrote: GGGrrrr :p May 26 06 07:44 am Link C R Photography wrote: as long as the check clears.... May 26 06 07:52 am Link Brian Diaz wrote: LOL! :-p May 26 06 08:49 am Link Mikel Featherston wrote: Faux-tog? May 26 06 08:51 am Link ~Krista~ wrote: it'd be harder to accept s.o. forgetting our work ... May 26 06 09:03 am Link Brian Diaz wrote: Not sure of the Cambodian/or Vietnamese spelling. May 26 06 09:16 am Link I am still nostalgic for the day that Tyler changed all of the names to GWC and Hawties. I don't remember if he changed the stylist names. The funniest thing...all the good photographers thought it was funny, and all the, er, GWC's thought it was 'unprofessional'. May 26 06 01:23 pm Link David (6of7) wrote: late for happy hour??,,now thats bad.... May 26 06 01:31 pm Link "that thing that holds the camera"  ToG is BAD.......I am guilty of using photog though May 26 06 01:50 pm Link Lady Atropos wrote: Say 10 hail Mary's and write 'photographer' 100 times on the chalkboard as penance. May 26 06 01:52 pm Link Damn lap tops done multiple sends again May 26 06 02:54 pm Link again May 26 06 02:54 pm Link I know this is changing direction a bit, and probably makes me very traditional, But I also hate the term 'Photo' surely they are pictures, photgraphs or even images, but photo to me means 'snaps' just like you Dad took on summer vacations with his kodak instamatic, when he had a plam growing out of your head. May 26 06 02:54 pm Link again May 26 06 02:55 pm Link again May 26 06 02:55 pm Link Lapis wrote: Or fly out to San Diego for a photo session. May 26 06 02:55 pm Link I cam cool with photog, even fotog, but I draw the line at fauxtog May 26 06 02:57 pm Link I'm sure you'd all rather be called Photog than GWC!! No? May 26 06 02:58 pm Link My vote is for Lens GOD.... has a nice ring... May 26 06 03:05 pm Link My vote is for Lens GOD.... has a nice ring... May 26 06 03:05 pm Link TACrafts wrote: Interesting. I feel that way about "pictures". As in, "I don't take pictures; I make photographs." (I'm cool with photos.) May 26 06 10:01 pm Link I prefer to call myself a "photographic specialist" but its hard to put that on a business card. And Im not egotistical enough a photographer to call myself a 'genius' LOL Call me anything you like, just dont call me late for dinner..... May 26 06 10:03 pm Link Chris Ambler wrote: lmao lol lol haha ho ho ho hehehe ha! May 26 06 10:04 pm Link  May 29 06 07:52 pm Link First time someone said 'Tog' to me I wondered if they wanted to use my sleeping bag... May 29 06 07:53 pm Link ~Krista~ wrote: How about Portrait Goddess??? May 29 06 07:53 pm Link R. Olson (RO) wrote: I actually missed off being a Photographer on my card, just 'Jobe' and website and my number. I found that after a while they forget what the card is for and either ring me or check out the site. Either way it gives me an in road rather than them seeing the word photographer and just chucking it to one side... May 29 06 07:56 pm Link Sita Mae Edwards wrote: Not only it's a complete word, but among those who shoot runway, we call ourself shooters or runway shooter. May 29 06 08:03 pm Link For male photographer: Sir. For female photographer: Ma'am. I came up in journalism, where we try to find short words for everything. Photographer is too damn long for most headlines. Shooter works. Fotog for internal memos. Asshole is often used by those in the know. Luckily, our photographers have short names, like Bill and Bob, which solves the problem. If "photog" bothers anybody, they're free to write "rapher" in crayon on the computer screen. May 29 06 08:05 pm Link Michael McGowan wrote: Finally, someone with a solution to my problems!!!!!!!! isn't sharpie better though? May 29 06 08:08 pm Link Let's all be snappers! And happy snappers at that! Whadaya say?  ::: mm-mm-mm, tuph krowd ::: May 29 06 08:15 pm Link |
