10 Photography Quotes that You Should Know
In this post Hákon Ágústsson from PhotoQuotes.com and www.Imageree.com. shares some great quotes on the topic of photography and explains why they’re worth knowing.
Take note of and remember the following photo quotes. It’s always worthwhile to learn from masters.
“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated in quotations”. – Benjamin Disraeli
1. “ You don’t take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams
Full awareness of what makes a good photo is essential in taking great photographs.
Why would anyone be interested in this photo and what elements can be included or excluded to make it truly great?
2. “ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Do you know how many photos you have taken up until now? You will have to take thousands of pictures to reach a point where you can begin to evaluate them objectively. Looking upon your photos as if you were looking at them through someone else’s eyes is a good way to give yourself constructive criticism. Comparing your first photos with your most recent, do you see improvement? Do you remember how you loved some of your first photos – do you still love them or are they now not so good anymore?
3. “ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph. – Matt Hardy
You often don’t or can’t see beauty in the world until someone shows it to you. Take a look around you just now – even without moving from the computer. Can you see something in a new way, a different way of presenting something common? Just take a look again…
4. “ 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
When the world is your canvas, so to speak, you need your tools with you to capture everything around you. Make a habit of always carrying a camera with you—you will never suffer the regret of wishing you had.
5. “ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham
Never be fully satisfied with what you’ve done.
Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured.
6. “ 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
We are always looking for reasons for not taking good pictures. Cartier-Bresson used film camera, same lens, no flash, same shutter speed – he didn’t need the newest digital equipment to take great photos.
We all have access to some subjects that no one else has access to – look at your friends’ hobbies, the workplaces of friends and family, and any place you have access to to find a vision that comes uniquely from your access. Many people would dream of having the same access you have, and you might not have considered how valuable your access is.
7. “ If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up. – Garry Winogrand
How often have you seen a photo that is missing something, thinking, “This is a good photo but I’d make it different somehow.”? Sometimes small things make a big difference. Don’t be afraid to shake things up.
8. “ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. – Anonymous
Sometimes it is interesting to hear the story behind the photo and you see the photo in a new light. But in most cases a photo shouldn’t need a story to back it up. It has to speak for itself.
9. “ Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. – Ansel Adams
Even one of the masters in photography, Ansel Adams, didn’t expect to get more than 12 great photographs each year.
How can anyone expect more?
Take a look at your last year in photos – do you really see 12 photos that stand out from the rest?
10. “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
Editing photos can often be the most difficult but also the most satisfying part. Sometimes taking a quick look at all the photos and then going away for a while before taking a closer look lends a fresh eye to your viewing. You may see things you did not notice previously. Stepping away from the mass of photos can make certain images stand out in your mind’s eye, leaving a memorable impression that can characterize a good photo.
What photography quotes do you think everyone should know?
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108 Responses to “10 Photography Quotes that You Should Know” - Add Yours
July 21st, 2009 at 8:24 am
I would move quote by Anonymous to the first place. You don’t need explain good photo.
July 21st, 2009 at 8:25 am
Great quotes.
But I could do without the “interpretations”. Much like #8, if you have to explain it, it probably isn’t a good quote.
And if you don’t need to explain it, then you’re just adding noise.
July 21st, 2009 at 9:40 am
I like the “Anonymous” quote but I really love the authors input that it is sometimes helpful to know the history of the image… .a perfect example for me is the painting “Guernica” by Picasso… at first glace it looked like a cartoon the neighbors bizarre kids had scribbled… but upon learning the history behind the piece the cartoon figures emerged into twisted heartbreaking victims of violence and chaos…
My personal favorite quote is not listed but is by fashion photography Peter Lindbergh….. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” Utterly Brillant.
July 21st, 2009 at 9:54 am
Don’t have one at the moment, but I like these quotes
July 21st, 2009 at 10:10 am
The important thing is not the camera but the eye. (Alfred Eisenstaedt)
Photography is the art of observation. It is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I have found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. ( Elliot Erwitt).
July 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
It is very inspiring. I can sense their desire to create. “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” says to me, “Never give up!” Thanks for these quote. I think all those who are creative should read this to get even more motivated.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:33 am
I knew the first and have seen a couple of others before.. TBH I thought this was a pretty good read and love to read this kind of article. I think that theory like this needs to be shared more on sites like this. I learnt stuff like this at College and Uni even though I didn’t pass and take my camera with me everywhere. Its good to get in the frame of mind that gets you inspired and this material does just that.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am
“There are two people in every photograph: the photographer and the viewer” — Ansel Adams.
What is the point of taking a photograph if no-one can relate to it? I find the best (and hardest) part of taking a good photograph is to create an image that speaks to someone else. When I can do that, I know I have taken a good shot.
July 21st, 2009 at 10:43 am
On my desk I have a postit with the following quote on it. The quote is by Cardinal de Retx (17th century): in “There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson held to this theory with his own photography: “To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms that give that event its proper expression.” (from his book, the decisive moment)
I think both are awesome quotes for photographers.
July 21st, 2009 at 11:00 am
“ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. – Anonymous
I like this quote the most.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Those are some great quotes!!
July 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Some great quotes there, Imogen Cunningham’s is definitely my favourite…though Henri Cartier-Bresson’s is a very very close second.
July 21st, 2009 at 1:19 pm
If you’re pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough” – Robert Capa
July 21st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Great quotes up there! I like the part mentioning Cartier-Bresson – Indeed, I’ve seen so many newbies entering the photography world and think they need high-grade gears and all, and that entry level and 3rd party stuff are stopping them from creating beautiful pictures.
I believe it is their THINKING that’s stopping them from taking beautiful pictures.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I love these quotes.
My favorite is #1 “ You don’t take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams
I have to keep reminding myself about this.
July 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
“ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.”..This is superb one..
July 21st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Great list.
My fav. is “ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham
July 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I think this isattributed to Robert Cappa.
Q – Do you really distance yourself from your subject? I mean, what would you do if presented with a young girl burning to death?
A – about 1/60 at f5.6
This is why I won’t be a war correspondent.
July 21st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Number 10 is especially important to remember
July 21st, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Love this article and the blurbs after each quote, thanks so much for sharing it!
July 21st, 2009 at 9:24 pm
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst” — I’m glad I’ve crossed that barrier. I should be getting better with every new photograph I take. Thanks for the list.
July 21st, 2009 at 9:45 pm
You’ve forgotten this one which should be in the top 10 :
“If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Robert Cappa
July 21st, 2009 at 10:16 pm
A few of my favorites.
“A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they’ll be able to take better photographs. A better camera won’t do a thing for you if you don’t have anything in your head or in your heart.” -Arnold Newman
“Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology (seeing).” -Henri Cartier-Bresson
“The word ‘art’ is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one’s work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics.” -Manuel Alvarez Bravo
“People say photographs don’t lie, mine do.” -David LaChapelle
July 21st, 2009 at 10:19 pm
By the way, for all those reading Capa’s “…you’re not close enough” quote, remember that he died from stepping on a landmine. It is possible to get too close!
July 21st, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I’ve been shooting since about 1958. Probably have taken tens – hundreds? – of thousands of photos. But my personal favorite was one I made as a child…have never been able to reproduce the mood and composition again. So, with all due respect to Henri, I am not impressed by quantity of shots. In today’s digital world it is all to easy to simply click away. I’d say it takes patience and circumspection to see the shot before you push the button.
The standouts can happen anytime all the other aspects of making a photo come together.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 am
The difference between a good photographer and a bad one? You never see the good photographer’s bad pictures.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 am
I always quote the number two, in some sources they say is Ansel Adams who wrote this in one of his books. No big problem, both know what they’re talking about. But is good to clarify that he was talking about film pictures where cost, time and thinking process could be bigger, so I think you have to multiply that by five to ten in the digital world to be faithful to the author’s idea (a very hard number, lots of practice, experimenting, to be shooting all the time, to be open to make mistakes, to be very persistent, to ask yourself for top quality).
To add something new. I would quote the great Blake Andrews: “Use right brain when shooting, left brain when looking over contact sheets. Paraphrased, this becomes… Shoot first, ask questions later.” For me this is: Inspirated shooting, analytic editing.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:58 am
This one has stuck with me for a while now.
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” —Ansel Adams
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 am
RE #8. I love photos that have a story or at least a really interesting, descriptive title. For me, it’s not necessary for the photo to stand alone. Sometimes, I’ll write a story based on a photo I took. Sometimes, I’ll take photos to accompany a story or build a theme. Words are very valuable and enhance creativity.
I try not to focus so much on creating what someone else may like. I create art based on what speaks from my inner being as truely as possible. Somone is bound to like it.
These quotes may have varying significance on different days, but all speak well to a photographer at any level. I vote #9 as my favorite for today.
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 am
“Unlike a painter, a photographer starts with something finished and works backward.” -anonymous
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:52 am
“You cannot depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus” Mark Twain
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 am
Great, all quotes are so true.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 am
I like Sally’s and dennyboy’s too.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
One of my favorite photography quotes:
If you can see, you can also take pictures. But learning to see may take a long time
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
These are EXCELLENT! Here is one that inspires me ever time I see something through my viewfinder…and I just can’t help but share it with others. Its like an explosion…kinda like this quote.
“Beauty…it rubs against one’s tounge
it hangs there
hurting one
insisting on its own existence
finally it gets so one cannot stand the pain
then one must have beauty extracted” ~Anonymous
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 am
A favorite quote that I like is from a movie:
And if these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
how about robert cappa’s: “if your photo is not good enough, you’re not close enough”? this one is my favorite
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Nice quotes.
I love the number two the most though.
2. “ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
I just recently take a look at my old photos, and really the first 10000 is bad photos. from all aspect. composition, lightings, exposures, etc etc. But the good thing is, it kept going better and better!
By the way, I also did a “21 Timeless Photography Quotes with the best of Landscape Photography” last year, come and check it out!
Regards,
Vics
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 pm
argh, Sorry didn’t entered the url properly, this is the one: http://bit.ly/IEImi
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 am
Great post
– I got inspired to add some visuals to this post and created a slideshow using the quotes (crediting the source of course). Check it out here: http://www.slideshare.net/rycoleman/10-photography-quotes-that-you-should-know
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:40 am
Great quotes, really makes me think about how I approach photography.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:51 am
This one is my favorite
“ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. – Anonymous
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:10 am
“Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies.”
You may quote me on that.
This goes to both amateur photographers, who don’t have top-notch equipment, as well as those ‘professional’ photographers, who like to compensate in gear what they lack in skill (ie: buying 10+ studio lights, 4-5 different cameras, with countless lenses and props)
You can spend all your money in professional equipment, but if you don’t have the skill to use it, it’s pretty much worthless. Likewise, even if your equipment isn’t top notch, you can still accomplish wonderful things, as long as you know what it is capable of.
The Dominican photographer Wilfredo García, when going on photography trips with his students, and clubs, always came back with the best picture. He was known for having a huge collection of cameras, going well over a hundred.
During one of these trips, a student challenged him, saying he would obviously bring back the best photograph, as he had the fanciest cameras. He replied “So why don’t you choose a camera for me, for the next trip?”
He went with a disposable film camera, and still bought back the best picture.
As long as you know the limitations of your equipment, and how to overcome them, it is possible to take gorgeous photographs, even if you don’t have a fortune to spend on your gear.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
What happened to “f8 and there!”?
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I recently read this one:
“Our pictures are our footprints. It’s the best way to tell people we were here”.
Joe McNally
July 24th, 2009 at 2:13 am
The first photography course I took – a Photo Journalism class, the teacher wrote on the board first thing, “Rule #1 – Film is cheap!!!” Of course he was speaking relatively to the fact that we often never get a second chance to take or make an important photo. I’ve always lived by that rule and end up taking two or three times as many photos as those around me, but I feel I heve a better chance at getting exactly what I want. Of course digital cameras have invalidated that rule, but I still use a machine gun approach, even wihen shooting artsy stuff… I may shoot the same thing twenty times, constantly changing angles, composition, focal length and exposure. I drive my friends and family nuts when we’re on vacation, but my photos are always the best, and I rarely miss anything. I love and admire the great works of Ansel Adams, but his style of waiting for hours for one exposure would drive my up the wall.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:06 am
An excellent listing
However I feel obliged to comment on “Full awareness of what makes a good photo is essential in taking great photographs. ”
I humbly disagree if “full awareness” does not include intuition.
For me at least, while I can say that I have a reasonable good grasp of the graphic elements that help/hinder a photo, the images that stand out are those taken by something beyond my conscious awareness. Once these images come back (in the good ol’ slide days) or are viewed, then I can consciously see what I saw, but didn’t recognize before.
I think what separates good from great from spectacular is more an intuitive sense rather than conscious. But I definitely acknowledge that it’s all awareness.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:22 am
“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/photography-quotes#respond#ixzz0M6WAqryT
This is the best one…..
I was always worried about bad shots…. but i have to take at least 10000 worst shots before i get my perfect shot…I am ready for it
July 24th, 2009 at 5:26 am
“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.”
This is my favorite quote. I have read it in a couple of different places, but I believe it was Jim Richardson who provided this advice.
EllenK
July 24th, 2009 at 6:15 am
All are inspiring and thought provoking. Another quote that could be applied to photography, but originally wasn’t, is from John Lubbock. “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
July 24th, 2009 at 6:30 am
There’s no such thing as a bad camera, only photographers
July 24th, 2009 at 6:30 am
i meant “bad photographers”
July 24th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Some of these quotes are really profound! I especially like what Ansel Adams (#1), Matt Hardy (#3), Elliott Erwitt (#4), and Imogen Cunningham (#5) said.
There are some good quotes in the comments as well! We have a lot of wisdom out there if we only learn to apply it!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:21 am
I’d like to add Ken Rockwell’s quote [from http://www.kenrockwell.com
“Photography is the power of observation, not the application of technology.”
July 24th, 2009 at 8:55 am
where are the women photographers?
July 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Heres a quote i read when i was just starting out and its always stuck with me
`A painter starts with nothing and keeps adding things till he ends up with the perfect picture. A photographer starts with everything and takes things away till he has the perfect picture`
Always make me think about the composition of a photo before i take it
July 24th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
haha, i love Robert Capa’s quote too! =D
@Matt Needham:
Oh my gosh, i never knew o.o What epic irony.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I’m surprised nobody’s posted this one:
“If it makes you laugh,
if it makes you cry,
if it rips out your heart,
that’s a good picture.” – Eddie Adams
July 24th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Being a technique (meaning precision mechanics and optics) enthusiast myself, I have nonetheless to admit that one of my favourite quotes is:
“Getting the technological foundation to make perfectly exposed photographs was easy, but amounted to nothing on its own. I simply had to commit myself, to express feelings about what I was undertaking.” [Bjorn Rorslett]
Bjorn Rorslett really is a master.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
“Any photographer who says he’s not a voyeur is either stupid or a liar” – Helmut Newton
July 24th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
One I like is:
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light… I just take pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Helps me keep some perspective when I start drooling over new camera/lens models….
July 25th, 2009 at 5:08 am
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~Dorothea Lange
July 26th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I Love these quotes. the question is I would like to keep a camera with me at all times because when I don’t is when I see pictures that I don’t have to compse the problem Florida sun. Do you have any suggestions how to fix the problem?
July 26th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
this is my fave:
“ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good”. – Anonymous
I laughed when I read the quotes, because it’s so true.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I was looking through the 20 Ways to Stunning Photos and the one where it talks about candid shots, about photographing children when they can’t see you or notice you. The same technique works very well on weddings, especially if you have two or more photographers. Please visit: http://www.andreysphotography.webs.com There, you will find two weddings and on those two weddings there were more than one photographer. I was the paparazzi. Most of the time I specialize in that type of photography, but wasn’t sure how to call that… paparazzi photography??
July 28th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Rizal Minon Says:
There’s no such thing as a bad camera, only photographers.
This one is great, I love it. In Russia, that’s where I’m from, they say: What photos, such and the photographer meaning that it’s not the pictures’ fault that it”s bad, it’s the photographer’s fault.
July 29th, 2009 at 4:45 am
“Owning a DSLR does not make you a photographer. It makes you a DSLR owner” – Best quote ever imho
July 29th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Although I think Ansel Adams is the greatest there ever will be, I think no. 8 is the best advice.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest.” — Lisette Model
August 11th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Good quotes.
I liked the irony oh this one
By the way, for all those reading Capa’s “…you’re not close enough” quote, remember that he died from stepping on a landmine. It is possible to get too close!
I knew Sally’s quote but not as the difference between good or bad photographers but as:
What’s the difference between a professional and an amateur photographer? The professional never shows his bad shots.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:44 am
“Everyone will take one great picture, I’ve done better because I’ve taken two.” – David Bailey
October 17th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Thanks for sharing these quotes — so inspirational! However, I’m just sad that you only featured ONE FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER! Just one, out of dozens, maybe hundreds, of trailblazing shutterbugs and photobetties out there. :-/ Some gender balance, please?
December 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
i forget who said it, but i like this one.
i never ment to take my best photo.
i think it speeks to the fact that you just try to make eaxh shot the best you can and what you get is what you get. i always tell my friends we will never have the same favorite. my twin agrees
May 24th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I guess it is reaaly good review from the life of great masters.
May 25th, 2010 at 6:42 am
1. “if it’s exactly opposite of what you’d logically think, you’re on the right track.” – Frank M. Jackowiak
Sometimes the beauty of a photograph comes at those times when you are not thinking about the settings, the camera you have and what equipment you need. Live in the moment of your photograph and make it the best it can be.
July 1st, 2010 at 2:14 am
Great quotes! Every photographer should read this.
July 6th, 2010 at 5:23 am
inspiring quotes! thanks for sharing.
July 7th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Response to #8-
If a quote needs an explanation, it just isn’t a good quote. The quote should speak for themselves.
You really shouldn’t put an explanation to these quotes..
it ruins the personal interpretation, and most of these quotes are self-explainitary.
But hey, thats just my opinion.
August 6th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
i have always liked Imogen Cunningham, very inspiring.
November 5th, 2010 at 5:54 am
I might have dreamed of being a photographer if I wasn’t so busy taking pictures! When I’m looking through the lens the world makes sense to me. Nothing else I do brings me more contentment then when I’m photographing a subject. I shoot pictures for the lasting images that these little frozen moments in time bring!
December 7th, 2010 at 7:26 am
These are all great quotes, thank you for making this list and for your commentary, very interesting and thought provoking.
January 7th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Whenever you’re undecided with the subject, composition, and background, etc….NEVER CLICK YOUR SHUTTER!
January 7th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
||| I was looking through the 20 Ways to Stunning Photos and the one where it talks about candid shots, about photographing children when they can’t see you or notice you. The same technique works very well on weddings, especially if you have two or more photographers. Please visit: http://www.andreysphotography.webs.com There, you will find two weddings and on those two weddings there were more than one photographer. I was the paparazzi. Most of the time I specialize in that type of photography, but wasn’t sure how to call that… paparazzi photography??
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Correction: Please DO NOT visit the above-mentioned website, it no longer works. The owner/author switched web hosts.
Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/photography-quotes#ixzz1AMLShcj0
January 24th, 2011 at 3:57 am
“Always remember to make sure you put film/card in your camera before shooting”
January 29th, 2011 at 12:26 am
this is my fav !!!
” The important thing is not the camera but the eye ” – Alfred Eisenstaed
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:33 am
#2: Fortunately, we get through our first 10,000 photographs a lot quicker with digital than we ever did with film.
April 3rd, 2011 at 7:44 am
I really like this one: “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
However, I bet the number must be increased to 100,000 photographs with cheaper digital photography. I see facebook pictures that almost look like frames from a bad movie and can effortlessly go beyond 10,000 in a couple of months worth of bar crawling… Don’t you think?
April 15th, 2011 at 5:22 am
Photography is about the moment, my goal is to be there at that “Moment” to capture it. I want people to look at my images and think that’s the way I remember it.
April 16th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Those were very wonderful quotes, It makes me think… well to add “capture everything that you see even if it doesn’t interest you, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
April 23rd, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown
April 26th, 2011 at 4:31 am
Wow. All men, but for Imogen. That’s a dissapointing reflection of the industry and its history. Or a poorly researched piece, because I’m certain there are thousands of amazing women photographers who have “said stuff”.
June 11th, 2011 at 3:48 am
“Stop wishing for that Amazing Camera and Appreciate The One You’ve Got” – I think this one is the most philosophical for most of the photographers. TFS!
August 13th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
“Photograph- shouldn’t showing something, it should speak something”- VRK.
August 13th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
“Photograph- shouldn’t show something, it should speak something”- VRK. Photography my hobby and it’s really a beautiful art.
September 13th, 2011 at 1:22 am
“The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead, they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase from new lens to new paper to new developer to new gadget, never staying with one piece of equipment long enough to learn its full capacities, becoming lost in a maze of technical information that is of little or no use since they don’t know what to do with it.”–Edward Weston
Saw that recently, and I liked it.
September 21st, 2011 at 1:53 pm
“I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.”
– Author Unknown
Read more: http://www.meaningfullifequotes.com
January 29th, 2012 at 9:31 am
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Perhaps he’d still say this in the digital era – he just wouldn’t count many other thousands of careless or random
‘clicks’ as ‘Photographs’.
March 5th, 2012 at 3:45 am
“It’s a camera, not a religion”.
I don’t know if this is a well-known quote, but it sums up well that camera brand arguments are not important.
March 21st, 2012 at 1:43 am
“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” – Alfred Stieglitz
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March 27th, 2012 at 12:49 am
Some of my best photos were mistakes.
April 10th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
These quotes are really inspiring! Thanks for sharing it! Godbless.
May 3rd, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I want to fly like a butterfly around this beautiful world till the last frame of my life and the last click of my heart…
Biju Karakkonam
( Photographer & Documentary Director.)
May 4th, 2012 at 1:22 am
“Photography is about catching that one special moment, that you can cherish forever.”-Elizabeth Rice
I’m only 15 years old, going on 16 in the fall. I know i don’t have that much experience but i love photography and thats my dream job which i am curttnely(sorry if misspelled) building on to that
May 10th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Those quotes makes me push myself, especially,
“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson”.
I’m a newbie, and I still dont reach the first 10,000 photos, even i have bought my camera for almost one year.
May 10th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Ansel Adams: “The most important part of a camera is the 12 inches behind the viewfinder.” I really hate it when someone looks at my photos and says, “Wow, you have a great camera!”
May 11th, 2012 at 4:19 am
I don’t know who said it or where I read it….”When you think you are close enough – get closer.”
Sure has helped me!!!!
May 12th, 2012 at 12:08 am
@ scuttlebuttmac: Robert Capa? (“If your photos aren’t good enough, you probably aren’t close enough“)
May 12th, 2012 at 12:11 am
@yvonne: My reply to that is always; “Hmm, do you know if Shakespeare wrote with a goose feather or a duck feather?” – “Well, I’ll use what he used, ’cause I’d really like to write like Shakespeare…”
It also goes well with the eternal Nikon vs. Canon discussion
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