Favorite Photog Mottos

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photogguy

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A guy I worked with in Kalamzoo has a great line for finishing editing in a time crunch...

"It's better than good, it's done."
 
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<DMB>

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By standing in my vicinity you give me permission to put you on TV.
 
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<A/B roll>

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"Am I supose to be seeing somthing?"
A classic quote from a new, and totally untalented photog I was training in on a live shot. He looked in his VF and said this less than :30 sec to air.
 
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<Mr. B>

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Here's one that my dad used to say:

"You can't make chicken soup with chicken ****."
 

2000lux

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"Am I supose to be seeing somthing?"
A classic quote from a new, and totally untalented photog I was training in on a live shot. He looked in his VF and said this less than :30 sec to air.
So, what happened next? :eek:

[ August 01, 2004, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: 2000lux ]
 
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<young shooter>

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"When news breaks....so does our equipment!"

"Being a producer is a lot like being a plumber, do your job right, and no one notices, screw up and everything gets full of sh*t." -Wag the Dog"

My favorite: "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow!" -Wag the Dog
 

Murman

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Two of my Fav's come from guys I worked with years ago. I use them especially with someone who has never worked with me before, They are:
"You've worked with the rest, now today you work with the best!"

and This one is my favorite:
"I may not be the best, but there are none better"

The first quote came from an old time reporter back east Bill Jessome
the second came from an Engineer who fixed my camera until his untimely death in 95, Paul Leggett.
Cheers
Murman
 

slick

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These are interesting mottos, but I don't know that I'd want any of them on my shirt.

I think we need "slogan" more than "mottos."

Personally, I've always liked:
Theater is LIFE
Film is ART
Television is FURNITURE
 

Grip

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"badges..I don't need no stinking badges"

I hate press pass/badges, always put them in my pocket.

Sometimes it does not go over very well and at times I have not had the guts to say it. It can be followed with "excuse me while I whip this out"

As far as shooting, it might be used already "shoot first, ask questions later"
 
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<falcone>

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My original: "Good enough for the girls we go out with." This quote can be applied to just about anything and everything.
 

Tippster

The Fly on the Wall
I'll own up to:
"It's my job to make you look and sound GOOD. However, INTELLIGENT is up to you."
 
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<Haven't got a clue>

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I like this one

"The hardest thing you will ever have to do.....Is explain to someone who hasn't got a clue, that THEY HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE!!!!"
 

Wideangle

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"Looks like I'm sucking the ninth tit on a eight
tittied pig"...

(Usually "uttered" when showing up late for just about anything....)
 
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