Mark Bugzester wrote:
I’ve been a photographer for almost 25 years. And I have to say The term
“Great capture” is not a photographic term. Never has been. So why is it only used On MM ?  You don’t  capture a photograph, you take a photograph, You are hired for a photographic shooting. You capture a mouse a lion a fish.
Not a photograph.

This is quite a common term. I used to belong to a number of camera clubs both in the UK and here in the US. Judges of print competitions use the term all the time. So the term is not limited to MM

PDF IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:
cap�ture   ï¿½audio� (kpchr)  KEY �

TRANSITIVE VERB:
cap�tured , cap�tur�ing , cap�tures

   1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
   2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
   3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
   4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.

NOUN:

   1. The act of catching, taking, or winning, as by force or skill.
   2. One that has been seized, caught, or won; a catch or prize.
   3. Physics The phenomenon in which an atom or a nucleus absorbs a subatomic particle, often with the subsequent emission of radiation.
I see words like "control" do you control your camera?.if so "capture Image" could be used !


#4. really hits this post very well !!!

And depending on how you get your models, #1 of Noun would fit well too!

Mark Bugzester wrote:
I’ve been a photographer for almost 25 years. And I have to say The term “Great capture” is not a photographic term. Never has been. So why is it only used On MM ?  You don’t  capture a photograph, you take a photograph, You are hired for a photographic shooting. You capture a mouse a lion a fish.  Not a photograph.

You capture the light, i.e. record an impression and an expression.

You capture a decisive moment in time.

You capture a mood with a photograph.

Do your research first.  You will find that "capture" has a long and voluminous association wth making photographs.  Even if you have not learned that in 25 years, you could find it in seconds on the internet, but we forgive you if you are not used to modern technology.

Your rant is nonsense, not the least of which because you propose using an even worse alternative wording.  You don't shoot a model since murder is against the law.  You are not a hitman, or if you are, I suggest you seek alternative employment.  I don't know why you think such a violent and aggressive term as "shooting" is preferred to the more humane term "capturing".

Further, your orientation of "taking" photographs is not the most productive of the best results.  The masters of the art of photography make photographs by using the entire process.

DarkPhotographyDesigns wrote:

And depending on how you get your models, #1 of Noun would fit well too!

LOL...so true .....hehe, I better let that last one out of the dungeon

PaDigitalPhoto2008 wrote:
You 'capture' a moment in time.
Ive been a photographer 30 years and Ive heard people say this on occasion, but like you say, its way overused on MM.
Its like theres a handbook they hand out when you join MM with 10 words you can use if you dont know what you;re trying to say in your own words:
* Capture
* Stunning( seriously...count up how many times this is thrown around)
* great form
* great lighting( usually said in a shadowy park with hot spots all over the models face
*brilliant

it goes on and on

and pretty much everything can be translated as, " thank you for showing me your nipples"

PaDigitalPhoto2008 wrote:
You 'capture' a moment in time.
Ive been a photographer 30 years and Ive heard people say this on occasion, but like you say, its way overused on MM.
Its like theres a handbook they hand out when you join MM with 10 words you can use if you dont know what you;re trying to say in your own words:
* Capture
* Stunning( seriously...count up how many times this is thrown around)
* great form
* great lighting( usually said in a shadowy park with hot spots all over the models face
*brilliant

it goes on and on

again dictionary is our friend !
Stunning.....
    

stun�ning �audio� (stnng) KEY �

ADJECTIVE:

   1. Causing or capable of causing emotional shock or loss of consciousness.
   2. Of a strikingly attractive appearance.
   , # 2 seems to describe some models, or photographers, MUAs, Etc. works and or looks

Monito -- Alan wrote:

You capture the light, i.e. record an impression and an expression.

You capture a decisive moment in time.

You capture a mood with a photograph.

Do your research first.  You will find that "capture" has a long and voluminous association wth making photographs.  Even if you have not learned that in 25 years, you could find it in seconds on the internet, but we forgive you if you are not used to modern technology.

Your rant is nonsense, not the least of which because you propose using an even worse alternative wording.  You don't shoot a model since murder is against the law.  You are not a hitman, or if you are, I suggest you seek alternative employment.  I don't know why you think such a violent and aggressive term as "shooting" is preferred to the more humane term "capturing".

Further, your orientation of "taking" photographs is not the most productive of the best results.  The masters of the art of photography make photographs by using the entire process.

I couldn't have said it better myself.  Strong argument.

Monito -- Alan wrote:

You capture the light, i.e. record an impression and an expression.

You capture a decisive moment in time.

You capture a mood with a photograph.

Do your research first.  You will find that "capture" has a long and voluminous association wth making photographs.  Even if you have not learned that in 25 years, you could find it in seconds on the internet, but we forgive you if you are not used to modern technology.

Your rant is nonsense, not the least of which because you propose using an even worse alternative wording.  You don't shoot a model since murder is against the law.  You are not a hitman, or if you are, I suggest you seek alternative employment.  I don't know why you think such a violent and aggressive term as "shooting" is preferred to the more humane term "capturing".

Further, your orientation of "taking" photographs is not the most productive of the best results.  The masters of the art of photography make photographs by using the entire process.

Mark Bugzester wrote:
I’ve been a photographer for almost 25 years. And I have to say The term
“Great capture” is not a photographic term. Never has been. So why is it only used On MM ?  You don’t  capture a photograph, you take a photograph, You are hired for a photographic shooting. You capture a mouse a lion a fish.
Not a photograph.

Let me preface with the fact that you've obviously been doing this for...well, almost longer than I've even been alive, so for that reason alone I hope my comments will not fall on deaf ears...

I've alway heard the term "capture" in collection with "the mood", "the moment", or "the emotion", so while I normally would't praise a (not slamming them here) JC Penny studio portrait with "hey nice capture", I can see where if the spirit of the picture was really felt, where you can almost FEEL what the participants of the image are feeling, that you are in essence, capturing the photo (i.e. the moment).  I mean, in all techical actuality, you are really "capturing" light to display an image.

Like in this image here:



one could say, "nice picture", or if you honestly believed that you were able to truly get in touch with the children in the image, to feel what they must be feeling as they looked out into the vastness that is the ocean, you might say the photographer (myself in this case) "captured the feeling in the image".  (or you could just say, "great, another hack dad boring us with pictures of his kids"). lol

But being in the PC industry, I can attest to the fact that we've added a host of words to the English lexicon that I believe should never have formally materialized into what is, our language...but that's evolution I guess...

Best wishes and fortunes for you all,
Shawn

Mark Bugzester wrote:
You don’t  capture a photograph, you take a photograph,

some photographers capture moments in time....

and just cause you haven't heard it, doesnt mean its not a term used in the industry..i've heard it as long as i have been shooting...

Mark Bugzester wrote:
You don’t  capture a photograph, you take a photograph,

You can set up a straw man and knock it down.  Nobody is suggesting you "capture a photograph", except when referring to museum thieves, perhaps.  You capture a moment, light, a mood, a vision, etc. and present it as a photograph.

When people say "great capture", they are complimenting the photographer on timing or the moment or the mood or the vision, just as they might say "great lighting" or "great pose".  If you want to make another rant you can start one to say "great pose" is not a photographic term because nobody poses a photograph, you photograph a pose, but it would be just as silly a rant.

Brad Gowan wrote:
You're not the boss of me.  Capture Capture Capture

HA ha ha

Sophistocles wrote:
I've been alive for just over 40 years, and I've never met anyone with the name, "Bugzester."

Perhaps you mean "Bugster?" That would be more appropriate, I think.

Change your name.

Mark Bugzester wrote:
Walk  into any ad agency, magazine, photo editor office or Reps office, “great capture”  is never a term used on a professional level You will never hear it. ...... in books yes  "he captured the moment yes. But not The term  “Great capture”  its mostly used by Amateurs and photo clubs......o yea and MM.  Check it out.

I bet you'll hear it more often than "great port", or "port", which I see frequently on MM.  Perhaps even now you are plotting a rant about that one, which would actually be a more useful rant.