Friday, August 28, 2009

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated in quotations


“ You don’t take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams

“It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get. – Timothy Allen - On editing photos


“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

“ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. – Anonymous


“ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph. – Matt Hardy

“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment. – Elliott Erwitt

“ If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up. – Garry Winogrand

“ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham

“ Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. – Ansel Adams

“ You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. – William Albert Allard

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