Hey Denis,
Either you are very young, or were out of the US in the '80's when there was a TV show of that name. The main character (ALF - Alien Life Form) could NOT shoot with a video camera and much was made of his apparent lack of skills! I hardly remember ANYTHING else about the show, but whenever somebody screws up a video by shooting the ground/sky/ground, etc, and completely missing the subject, we refer to them (lovingly, of course!) as ALF.
All in good fun!
Wally