What is 'Run and Gun'?
May 24, 2018 21:00:52 #
I keep hearing the expression 'run and gun'. I assumed 'run and gun' referred to spontaneous situations like when you see a great shot, slam on the brakes, grab your camera, jump out of the car, compose quickly and shoot before the scene is gone forever.
However, when I Googled it, the first several articles described something different. One mentioned his run-and-gun bag with 'just' two bodies and three lenses, another talked about using reflectors and just one assistant, and another insisted you needed a tripod and decent flashes.
Could somebody enlighten me, please.
However, when I Googled it, the first several articles described something different. One mentioned his run-and-gun bag with 'just' two bodies and three lenses, another talked about using reflectors and just one assistant, and another insisted you needed a tripod and decent flashes.
Could somebody enlighten me, please.
May 24, 2018 21:06:07 #
Point the camera and hold down the shutter button; same as spray and pray. The though is, of the hundreds of images you capture a small number will be winners.
May 24, 2018 21:07:41 #
May 24, 2018 23:25:34 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
repleo wrote:
I keep hearing the expression 'run and gun'. I a... (show quote)
Nope. Its firing your shutter in high speed bursts without a plan and hoping for the best.
May 25, 2018 00:59:59 #
repleo wrote:
I keep hearing the expression 'run and gun'. I a... (show quote)
I think the term, "run and gun", was coined by either a portrait photographer or a landscaper. The kind of photography that you can take all day to do. These are some(not all) of the same photographers that say a camera should ONLY have one focus point because it's all they ever need.
Professional sports photographers Run and Gun all the time. Do they do it willy-nilly...., NO...., but there are times it's the only way to shoot when action is very varied and happening very quickly!!! And yes, you DO hope you got the shot, because sometimes a focus system just can't get the job done!
SS
May 25, 2018 03:38:59 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Not heard of it till I read the OP. Perhaps a dreamt-up, child-like expression, similar to 'Nifty-Fifty'. Has no real meaning, just words.
May 25, 2018 06:00:21 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I think the term, "run and gun", was coi... (show quote)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_and_gun
May 25, 2018 06:10:13 #
Pablo8 wrote:
Not heard of it till I read the OP. Perhaps a dreamt-up, child-like expression, similar to 'Nifty-Fifty'. Has no real meaning, just words.
Nifty Fifty has a meaning.
May 25, 2018 06:42:06 #
rpavich wrote:
Nifty Fifty has a meaning.
Yes, affectionate nickname for a 50mm lens.
May 25, 2018 07:13:58 #
Architect1776 wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_and_gun
Yes "run and gun" is more of a sports term than anything else.
May 25, 2018 08:08:05 #
repleo wrote:
I keep hearing the expression 'run and gun'. I a... (show quote)
Well, it is basketball championship time. I believe the expression was born with Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV basketball team from years back. The style-of-play was to grab the rebound, race down the court, and put up the shot quickly without intricate shot-set up. In photography, I would imagine someone used the expression to refer to a shooter who rushes into a photo situation, fires off a few shots, and then rushes to another location or photo situation. I may be wrong.
May 25, 2018 08:25:42 #
AZNikon
Loc: Mesa, AZ
According to Merriam Webster:
Definition of run-and-gun: relating to or being a fast, freewheeling style of play in basketball that de-emphasizes set plays and defense.
First used: 1960
Definition of run-and-gun: relating to or being a fast, freewheeling style of play in basketball that de-emphasizes set plays and defense.
First used: 1960
May 25, 2018 08:38:20 #
repleo wrote:
I keep hearing the expression 'run and gun'. ...
Run and gun may also refer to the action-shooting sports. Thus, it seems it primarily is a sports term.
May 25, 2018 10:12:49 #
Without googling, and not really sports-oriented, the term to me means, grab it (the camera, gun, ball, whatever) and whatever you're going to do with it, do it quickly, hopefully intuitively, without stopping for setup. So the tripod explanation makes no sense whatsoever to me.
May 25, 2018 10:24:24 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Longshadow wrote:
Yes, affectionate nickname for a 50mm lens.
Like I said..."Child-Like". I got my first 50mm f/2 Nikkor lens in 1959. Got the f/1.2 a few years later. Never called either of them 'Nifty'. They were tools for a job.
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