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To capture a moment may be appropriate in context. Unfortunately some people latch onto a term and over use it.
For similar reasons I generally avoid the terms 'shot', 'shoot' and 'shooting' when referring to photography. Unfortunately the Nikon manuals use 'shoot' continuously throughout the pages of directions on how to use their cameras. Making exposures, releasing the shutter and a host of other options are available to describe the act of making a photograph, but they have chosen shoot? That helps to reinforce the misuse of the term. Not only that but I think it adversely affects the attitude of some people who take photographs, because they ARE shooters, not photographers. Composition has no place in their photography.
I sometimes use the informal abbreviation of pic or pix. I try not to use the same word too often especially when there are plenty of alternatives. Perhaps we could try to think of all the words and phrases which mean taking a photograph?
Among my pet hates are 'footage' when referring to a video clip, and 'cut and paste' from a website when that is impossible, copy and paste if you must... Simply to copy would suffice in most instances.
Another pet hate misuse while we are at it, OT of course, sorry Jan! Languish, many people seem to think it means to sit on a beach sipping their favourite tipple without a care in the world. It actually means to rot in jail...
Dictionary entry:
verb (no object)
1 (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak: plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant.
• fail to make progress or be successful: Kelso languish near the bottom of the Scottish First Division | (as adjective languishing) : the country's languishing stock market.
• archaic pine with love or grief: she still languished after Richard.
• archaic assume a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone: when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes.
2 be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation: he has been languishing in jail since 1974.
Edited, 07:40 9/9/17: I was tired when first posted and the text needed improving and clarifying.
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