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Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive

Subject: Re: [OM] Active Voice instead of Passive
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:52:27 +0100
Chris, I think this is a matter of taste. Gramatically, either way is correct.

Go take some pictures ;-)

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 23 Dec 2015, at 08:18, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Chaps and chapesses
> 
> Why do so many people use the Passive Voice when describing how they took 
> their shot?  Virtually no one writes, “I took this with my field camera and 
> 10mm ƒ64 lens.”  Most people use, “This shot was taken with a half-frame Oly 
> with 600mm ƒ2 lens and processed in LightRoom with a bit of help from Topaz 
> Clarity.”
> 
> Are they being coy or modest?  Does writing that way make them feel as if 
> someone else took the shot – perhaps only to own up to the shot when they 
> find that others like it?  Or does it make them feel important to use what 
> they perceive as a formal way of describing the shot?
> 
> Well, the general principle that I have always adopted when writing is to use 
> the Active Voice.  It has always been accepted that that is the clearest way 
> to express yourself.  In the case of photography use of the Active Voice will 
> ensure that all reading the description will know for certain who was 
> responsible for that image.
> 
> Chris
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