Favorite Photog Mottos

[turdpolisher1]

you gotta get you hands dirty to polish a turd!

 

[<Marv3-(cant log in?)>]

2 of my favorites " If it 's not on tape ,it didn't happen". And " get in , sit down , shut up, and look up the map page NOW".

 

[Duffy]

Same sh!!," Different lead story"
Shoot everything, clean it up in editing

 

[Sportsguy]

BOHICA!!!

( Bend Over, Here It Comes Again)

We use it in our newsroom endlessly.

 

[<macgyver>]

"without us, it would just be radio."

 

[photogguy]

Originally posted by TXPhotog:
"Did you want me to roll on that?"
~Photogguy

Thanks, TX!

That line is my favorite joke on new reporters who don't know me yet.

 

[Bobcat]

These are just one I came up with

I didn't become a photographer for the money but I'd like to be paid more than a sound check

Just because I need a MOS doesn't mean I care what you think

WWSD
What Would Shooters Do?

(back of shirt)
Stand here and stay out of my shot

(back of shirt)
(b.f. chart)What are you focusing on?

Yes, this IS live.

 

[Bobcat]

On a tangent.
My favorit joke on new people

Me: It's not working right

Newbe: What's wrong

Me: I'm not sure, I think the flux-capacitor broke.

Newbe: Whats a flux-capacitor?

Some one else standing around: It's what makes time travel posable, Marty.

[ July 27, 2004, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: Bobcat ]

 

[<heard this one before??>]

Real men dont preview.

 

[<stickum>]

"You can't run with the big dogs...if you pee like a puppy"

 

[shootcam]

From the desk-"We need to go shoot so and so bacause channel A AN B are doing it, I heard them on the scanner". From me, "Channel A and B are eating Sh.. with flys on it, does that mean we have to do it too?"

[ July 27, 2004, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: chance ]

 

[<shot it>]

How aboot--

"It's Not Gonna Shoot Itself!"

 

[toplight]

"It ain't broke, it just lacks duct tape."

 

[IShootU]

"It looks like they're servin' up a big **** sandwich and we're all gonna have to take a bite"
-Full Metal Jacket
(also my motto for life)

 

[<Cameraboy3000>]

NYC reporter Chauncey Howell once told me he worked with a photog who said:

"If its not on the tape, it didn't happen."

I like the ring of that.

 

[Dave Putnam]

"I'm with the press. Where is the food?"

 

[Beef]

"This ain't Rocket Surgery."

 

[<Mikes Hard Lemon>]

"Television has brought back murder into the home -- where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock.

 

[<SeattleShooter logged out>]

"Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done."

 

[<SeattleShooter logged out>]

Here is more...

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.
Ted Koppel

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.
Edward R. Murrow

A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.
Bill Moyers