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What does shooting for "TOG" stand for?
Thanks ahead of time for any help  I had an out-of-state model ask me if I "wanted to shoot for TOG?" Is that some like pay for Travel OR Gas? or what? Thanks, Dave Sep 14 11 09:24 am Link You shoot with a Tog, not for Tog. Photographer Some are offended being called a Tog... I couldn't care less. Sep 14 11 09:26 am Link Gaze at Photography wrote: Yes, but I think Travel or Gas is a clever interpretation. Sep 14 11 09:28 am Link Ok, I'll see what she says it means to her. Sep 14 11 09:31 am Link Beautiful Sundays wrote: He had to come up with something, and it was as good a guess as anything I can think of. Sep 14 11 09:34 am Link travel or gas is still paying the model. just a question of how much you wind up paying. we've started hosting models in exchange for shoots (there's a model in the back room right now). the traveling models are really great to work with. Sep 14 11 09:34 am Link Believe it or not - she means "Together! Lol. Shoot me!" TOG = Together ...always something new to learn. Sep 14 11 10:01 am Link Sounds like she's confused Tog for TFP Sep 14 11 10:04 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: Funny how sometimes the simplest answers elude us... I would have NEVER thought that "Tog" meant together... Sep 14 11 10:09 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: Then she should have dropped the "for". The grammar is confusing, as is the use of the term. Sep 14 11 10:11 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: Why didn't you just do that to start with? lol Sep 14 11 10:16 am Link Don Garrett wrote: Its a common European reference to photographers. I don't understand why people get all bent over being called "tog". Its not in any way derogatory. Sep 14 11 10:19 am Link OpenMinds wrote: Some will make any excuse to gripe ! Sep 14 11 10:21 am Link Demon Photographic wrote: It happens. Sep 14 11 10:21 am Link There is a guy here called Tog, isn't there? It could have been him edit: see? he just posted above me Sep 14 11 10:23 am Link Martin Philippo wrote: You're just imagining things, I don't see anything of the sort. Sep 14 11 10:27 am Link What does shooting for "TOG" stand for? Maybe they're shooting with someone who only possesses the talents, skills and abilities of one quarter of a pho/tog/rap/her...  ...  Sep 14 11 10:36 am Link I use the term photog for short is that considered disrespectful as well? Sep 14 11 10:50 am Link The genuine answer is almost always a 'doh...I soulda thought of that'. Makes for a fun and harmless thread though. Sep 14 11 11:03 am Link There is someone on MM called TOG. maybe they are shooting with him:) Sep 14 11 11:05 am Link Demon Photographic wrote: 'Shooter' is okay too. Sep 14 11 11:05 am Link I am just a tog so I shoot mods. The tog shot the mod, but he had to shop her a lot before she would use the images for her port. Heck, it was just a TF shoot. Sep 14 11 11:07 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: Ahh txt speak. I didn't know that one! Sep 14 11 11:11 am Link Take out Girls = TOG A film term used in the San Pornando Valley. Sep 14 11 11:12 am Link OpenMinds wrote: Hooray, the UK is no longer a part of Europe. More people in the UK would use tog or togs for clothing ( get my togs on ) or the tog insulation value of a duvet, for example. Few people use it for photographer but they tend to think it is a 'hip thing' to do because they've seen people across the pond using it. Those that do use it for photographer tend to get seriously frowned on in the manner that Chavs are. Sep 14 11 11:29 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: Doug Jantz wrote: Where's the fun in that. This site is called Model Mayhem for a reason. Sep 14 11 08:11 pm Link TOG = Tons of Green (cash) "I shoot for TOG and cookies . . . mostly cookies tho . . ." Sep 14 11 08:17 pm Link Beautiful Sundays wrote: I ride motorcycles with a bunch of friends and my "roadname"/nickname they gave me was Shooter for that exact reason. Well, not the Crap Shooter part... or at least I hope not! Haha! Sep 14 11 08:21 pm Link I kinda wish Tog was more accepted, it's sure easier to type than photographer!!:-))) Sep 14 11 08:22 pm Link I am hearing a lot about how, in these rough times, photographers need to stay ahead of their competition and to separate themselves from the run of the mill GWCs in order to survive. I sort of wish all the photographers in my area do start to call themselves togs. That way I will be the only photographer left. Well, sir, what do you do for a living? I am a Tog. Oh? A what... frog? No, a Tog. You know, a pro Tog. What does a Protog do? BE what do you do for a living? I am a professional photographer. In the real world of photography, such as commercial, wedding and portrait photographers, I believe photographer sounds so much more .. I donno... Professional? Sep 15 11 08:26 am Link This is why I really hate text speak in posts or emails. I can almost understand using it in a text to save space since you do have a limit for any given text. But in a post on a forum or email? Really? It's that hard to spell out a word? This is a perfect example. The reader may have no idea what you are talking about. The one that gets me is when people write "I heart such and such." The word "love" has one less letter. I know it comes from using the heart symbol. But when they use the word "heart"? ??? People DO judge you by the words you use. Even if it is the "in" thing. Sep 15 11 08:36 am Link Photography by BE wrote: lol Sep 15 11 08:40 am Link toglodyte .. really old photographers.. Sep 15 11 08:47 am Link Nikki Magnusson wrote:
Sep 15 11 08:48 am Link Photography by BE wrote: AJScalzitti wrote: I believe it was a photographer in Australia (not sure) that said port to them was a part of the body, and then he said something about "passing gas" through it. Sep 15 11 08:55 am Link AJScalzitti wrote: Or they might be talking about a certain drink, a sea port ( as opposed to a side of a boat / ship ), gun port .......... Sep 15 11 09:04 am Link Mike Collins wrote: I HATE wot for what and wit for with. I generally will ask the person what those mean LOL Sep 15 11 09:06 am Link Photography by BE wrote: I'm a Tog now. Love it. LOL Sep 15 11 09:18 am Link you all need thicker skin if the work TOG bothers you. Aug 10 14 11:46 am Link MyFunkypixel wrote: I guess those extra five letters were just too strenuous to type. Aug 10 14 11:50 am Link |
