The other day we heard of a three-legged kitten named Gitzo. Have you ever had a pet with a photo-related name?
Mike
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Paul Butzi: "I had a Golden Retriever named Kodak, who made an appearance in a great many photographs I made, because for quite a while I took a camera along on our walks each day and his explorations always made for fun camera time. Shortly before he died, we got another Golden and named him Leica. After Kodak died, the next Golden was, of course, named Eastman. Leica and Eastman are right now happily sleeping on my feet."
Daniel: "Our former cats. Black and white one was Dektol. Blonde was Hypo. Now we have Pentax. Dogs are BrettWard Weston and Kodak Brownie. Former one was Contax."
Ed Buziak: "Not exactly photographic, but I named the stray cat that adopted me recently as 'Wi-fi'...every time I rattle her dish she understands and comes immediately!"
Lynn: "I haven't, but a graphic designer/photographer friend's cat is named Pixel."
Mike Plews: "We had a Beagle named Deardorff. Only Deardorff we could afford at the time."
William Schneider: "Not a pet, but my brother was named Josef Schneider after the founder of the German lens company."
jklwood: "Edward Steichen had a three-legged dog named Tripod."
Jeff: "And of course Wegman's first Weimaraner, Man Ray."
Ernie Nitka: "My dog is a cross of a dachshund and a black lab—a real mutant. I named her Arbus in honor of Diane who took her fair share of photos of unusual subjects."
Three-legged kitten eh?
How about "Tripod?"
Posted by: Bryce Lee | Monday, 18 September 2017 at 11:25 PM
Back in my assisting days, I was a regular at a studio with a resident black and white cat names T-Max.
Posted by: plus.google.com/104639465182554298916 | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:07 AM
An uncle back in Cedar Rapids once a had a mean weimaraner that everybody called "that sonofabitch." From hanging around news photographers for twenty-five years, I often heard the same appellation applied to them. Is that the kind of thing you were thinking of?
Posted by: John Camp | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:14 AM
No, but when I was younger my dad's alcoholic aunt and uncle (they both drank heavily) had a cat named Seagrams and a dog named Falstaff! My dad said as long as he can remember, all of his aunt and uncle's pets were named for brands of beer and liquor!
Posted by: Christopher Crawford | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:41 AM
I worked for a few summers in my youth some 45 years ago on a dude ranch in Wyoming. One summer, a three-legged dog showed up, and the ranch hands started feeding it scraps of food from the staff mess hall.
Next, someone called the dog "tripod". The name instantly stuck with both staff and dude ranch guests.
I was already smitten with photography as a serious hobby, so both the dog and its name became etched into my permanent "photographic" memory.
Posted by: MHMG | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:43 AM
No doubt one of your Florida readers will have a pet alligator called Snapper! ;)
Posted by: Steve Higgins | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 05:47 AM
No. My cat is called Samuel. It has nothing to do with photography. But the fellow who develops and scans my film has a cat called Flash. Unfortunately, turns out it has been named after Flash Gordon.
(Coincidentally, my only piece of equipment I've named is a flash gun; I called it 'Gordon.')
Posted by: Manuel | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 07:14 AM
I suppose "Shadow" is a stretch ... otherwise, I got nuthin'.
Posted by: Dennis | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 08:08 AM
I can't claim a pet with a photo-related name, but my father, who had studied mathematics in college and became a programmer and database developer, once named one of our cats Fahji Logic. We just called him Fuzzy.
Posted by: Joe | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 08:35 AM
I had a gopher snake named monopod
Posted by: John Tonai | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 08:41 AM
Sorry I have no examples of that, but I have a joke instead.
A three-legged dog walks into a bar and says, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
Posted by: Robert Roaldi | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 08:56 AM
Does "tripod" count? I know of two three legged dogs named tripod.
Posted by: Stephen Gilbert | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 09:27 AM
I shudder to think about it.
Posted by: Robert Gordon | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 09:35 AM
According to this list the most popular name for a dog is Bailey.
http://dogtime.com/top-100-dog-names
The most famous dogs however must be Black & White.
(Well, at least fur us alcoholics).
Box Brownie would be an excellent name for a brown boxer, especially since there is a real resemblance.
For other dogs I would suggest Pixel for small ones and Bokeh for big ones. “Bokeh sit!”
Posted by: s.wolters | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 09:57 AM
The Mrs. and kids refer to our quiet little black dog as Licorice, but when no one else is around ... she responds to Leica.
Posted by: Mark E. Johnson | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 10:05 AM
Not photo related, but we raised a pig on our NH farm in the mid-70's. We named him Nixon thinking we'd be less attached to him when it was time to take him to the slaughterhouse.
Posted by: Ned Bunnell | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 10:06 AM
My wife and I adopted a gray kitten 2 years ago. I wanted to name her either Grayscale or 128 (even though she is more like 65). Wife would have no part of it.
Our previous set of cats were/are Apple, Mac, and Tosh.
Next cat could be either Scheimpflug or Inverse Square.
Posted by: Mark | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:04 PM
The first animal to orbit the earth was called Laika – which is almost there. Although I gather it translates roughly as "barker" rather than anything camera related.
Posted by: MikeK | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:11 PM
Back in Mexico we had a lovely cat named "Ilford"
Posted by: David Lee | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:27 PM
A friend of my son's had a dog that on an IQ scale was probably a moron - his name was Lug Nut.
Posted by: Peter | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 12:56 PM
My father-in-law told a story about the lady who owned a boarding-house back in the day. She had two dogs, Soap and Water and she always like to say that her dinner plates were as clean as soap and water could get them...
Well, I thought it was funny...
Posted by: Ed Kirkpatrick | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 01:55 PM
Years ago I shared a darkroom with a photographer who had a small dog he named Easton, which, as every one of us film-era dinosaurs should know, was the middle name of Ansel Adams.
Posted by: J. Burleson | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 02:28 PM
Not pets but children of family friend: daughter named Mercedes, and son Linhof.
Posted by: Robert Hudyma | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 03:04 PM
My terrier cross is called Flash.
Posted by: Jim Roelofs | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 03:17 PM
I once had a cat named Summicron.
My wife at the time named our other cats, a dog, and a bird after her mother's various pills.
Posted by: Gordon Brown | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 05:53 PM
I used to name cats after artists—I had a Miro and a Claws Oldenburg—but no photo-related pets.
Posted by: James | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 06:18 PM
I had a cat called Dr Bokeh. My mate Herb Asherman has a dog called Leica.
Not really a pet, but we called my son Cyan. Eleven years on he loves his name as much as we love him.
Posted by: Len Metcalf | Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 06:50 PM
Not photographic, but I had a crow named Jim and a jay named Elbe.
Richard
Posted by: Richard Halliburton | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 01:32 AM
I once met a black cat called Amidol. The owner was a very traditional large format photographer.
Posted by: David Boyce | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 03:41 AM
No one with a dog named "Hector?"
Posted by: mikegj | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 06:04 AM
Autocorrect got me - it should be "Hektor"
Posted by: mikegj | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 06:07 AM
I remember Will Robb from PDML who had two rottweilers named Rollei and Leica. Very cool IMHO.
Posted by: Albano Garcia | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 09:28 AM
Late to this party, but I wanted to add my personal favorites.
Twenty-eight years ago we adopted a scrawny pup, a border collie, from the Humane Society. He was black and white so we named him Ansel. He turned out to be a most wonderful dog. And he started us on our fascination with border collies.
As Ansel started to age we added another BC and named him Cartier, another most wonderful dog. Then came Minor whom we lost too early, followed by Thea (Dorothea). Thea is now the leader of the Black and White pack. Ernie (for Ernst Haas) is now second in command and is charged with getting play sessions and hikes started. The 4 1/2 month old pup recently added is named Capa and his main task is being a little outlaw while being extraordinarily good looking.
Border collies are fascinating in many ways but intelligence is foremost. We have at least a couple of cars around here which have a bumper sticker saying, "My border collie is smarter than your 4.0 honor student."
Posted by: Steve Justad | Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at 06:55 PM