The Oath

xoxoxoBruce • Feb 21, 2016 7:41 am
Hippocratic Oath for Photographers, written in 1937 by a photography teacher tired of his students bringing him monkey see, monkey do.
DanaC • Feb 21, 2016 8:17 am
Oh, I like this a lot.
Clodfobble • Feb 21, 2016 9:08 am
That's cute. We were given a similar list of "you think these are original but they are not" before our first film project in college.
BigV • Feb 21, 2016 12:35 pm
Why take an oath I've already broken a dozen ways and a hundred times?
Gravdigr • Feb 21, 2016 2:44 pm
I suggest substituting the word 'submit' for the word 'take'.

I'll take a picture of what I want.
infinite monkey • Feb 21, 2016 3:07 pm
So what were they allowed to photograph, and how long until their original ideas were met with the comment: a 5 year old could have taken that picture. Because cynics. ;)
footfootfoot • Feb 25, 2016 6:05 pm
Cliches are old hat.
monster • Mar 13, 2016 8:09 pm
This is how I swear when I take a pic:

Motherfuckingsonofabeatchstopfuckingmoving.
footfootfoot • Sep 10, 2016 11:10 am
Gravdigr;954009 wrote:
I suggest substituting the word 'submit' for the word 'take'.

I'll take a picture of what I want.


A number of photographers prefer the term 'make' to 'take'.
ronok • Sep 15, 2017 6:25 pm
I'll never be a douche on an internet forum when I really am in no place to even consider myself a photographer.
xoxoxoBruce • Sep 15, 2017 11:10 pm
ronok, good for you but that never seems to stop many other people. ;)
Gravdigr • Sep 16, 2017 2:35 pm
It don't stop me.:jig:
sexobon • Jan 28, 2018 8:40 pm
The oath needs to be updated for selfies.
Jacob98 • Apr 17, 2019 6:29 am
oxoxo! Your image is fantastic. I like it. I want to ask you related to photograh, some question in mind what kind to activity is photography? And why you not like to take photos of dogs and cats?
Gravdigr • Apr 17, 2019 10:13 am
Yeah, Bruce, why you not like to photograph teh kittehs and teh puppehs?
xoxoxoBruce • Apr 18, 2019 2:03 am
I refuse to argue with a machine.
Peterdowe • Jul 17, 2019 5:53 pm
"This is how I swear when I take a pic:

Motherfuckingsonofabeatchstopfuckingmoving."


Yup, same here. My relatives should learn a thing or two from mannequins during weekend BBQs.