"Punny" Things!

A pun is a play on words. 

The OED definition: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

There are three common types of puns: homographic (plays off the multiple meanings that one word may have), homophonic (words which mean different things and are spelled differently but sound the same), heteronymic (words are spelled the same but they have different meanings and are pronounced differently).  

FUN FACT #1: The etymology of the word pun is unclear; it was probably clipped from a longer word during the late 1600's (at or after the Restoration period) as this seems to have been a fashionable way of creating slang at the time. It is quite possibly from pundigrion which is perhaps a humourous alteration of Italian puntiglio, meaning "equivocation, trivial objection", diminutive of Latin punctum "point". 

FUN FACT #2: Puns don't always have the best reputation, Samuel Johnson called them the lowest form of humour and a very common response to a pun is a groan. But puns have been valued in the past. During the Elizabethan era (1558-1603) puns, and wordplay in general, were considered to be an important part of literature and Shakespeare is famous for his use of puns in both comic and serious works.

CHALLENGE:  The topic is “photography”. Come up with your best pun.  

Winner gets bragging rights and a reel flashy prize!!