Quotes about photo
photography black-and-white color
...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used. Ansel Adams
photography gratitude appreciation
The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure significance, the esoteric fear of simple beauty for its own sake - I am deeply concerned with these manifestations of decay. Gene Smith's work validates my most vigorous convictions that if the documentary photographs is to be truly effective it must contain elements of art, intensity, fine craft and spirituality. All these his work contains and we may turn to his work with gratitude, appreciation and great respect.
photography negative score
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
photography accessories gadgets
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value...
photography creative etching
The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
photography black-and-white reality
Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.
photography eye sight
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
photography expression imagination
Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
photography keys crafts
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
photography simple effort
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching-there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
photography years twelve
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
photography art soul
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!
photography mistake burning
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
photography years spinning-plates
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.
photography world may
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
photography photographer feels
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
photography gun machines
The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
photography cameras photographer
Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
photography powerful communication
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
photography photograph accidents
A photograph is not an accident - it is a concept.
photography winning overcoming
I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject; the concept and statement must be quite convincing in themselves to win over a dramatic and compelling subject situation.
photography art easy
It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
photography real blazing
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
photography expression self
I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
photography cameras photographer
You don't make a photograph just with a camera
photography attitude empathy
Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen.' The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events.
photograph surface latent
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
photography world levels
How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
photography humanity quality
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.
photography knowing photographer
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
photography art communication
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
photography disappointment landscape
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
photography art ignorance
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.