Anyone know why it's called shooting?

[Alex1994]

When we take it pictures, why do we call it shooting? And why are the resulting photos called shots?

Is it because aiming and focussing a camera is a bit like aiming a gun? Or maybe because shutters used to make a very sudden *clack* noise, which could be liberally interpreted as a gunshot?

Anyone know??

[yelvertoft]

Not a clue.

[graham harcombe]

Shot (filmmaking)
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In film, a shot is a continuous strip of motion picture film, created of a series of frames, that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Shots are generally filmed with a single camera and can be of any duration. Frames, shots, scenes, and sequences form a hierarchy of units fundamental to many tasks in the creation of moving-image works.
The distance from the camera to the subject
greatly affects the narrative power of a shot. The three basic kinds of shots are long shots, medium shots, and close-ups; more specific examples include the extreme long shot, the aerial shot, the bird's eye shot, the crane shot, the establishing shot, the freeze frame shot, the insert shot, the master shot, the over the shoulder shot, the point of view shot, and the two shot. There is even an American shot, a characterization from French film criticism for a type of shot in certain American films of the 1930s and 1940s.

The etymology of the term "shot" derives from the early days of film production when camera were hand-cranked. Hand-cranked cameras operated similarly to the hand-cranked machine guns of that era. Therefore, one "shot" film the way one would "shoot" bullets from a machine gun.

Reference link.

Interesting teaser though :-)

Graham

[Alex1994]

Thanks Graham ;-)

[Arthur53]

I dont know but could it be from the use of flash powder or the old press flash guns as in Hollywood films? Flash bang photography.
What about snaps, snap shoots do thay also come from shooting? I think its likely.
All my photos are a shot in the dark.