Quotes

Quotes We Like

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“Don’t create images of pre-conceived notions; otherwise you won’t be able to crete the images that are in front of you.”

    --Tom Graylich, photo editor, Philadelphia Inquirer

“Don’t stage the moment, set the stage for the moment.”

    --Cliff Mautner

“The camera with you is the best camera.”

    --Chase Jarvis

“I love it when a plan comes together!”

    --John "Hannibal" Smith of the “A” Team

“Don't care.  Once you stop caring what others think of your craft, you can truly be yourself  and do your very best work.”

    --Marlon Brando's advice to a young Johnny Depp

“If a picture is so boring that you notice the grain [noise] then it is a boring picture”

    --Rick Sammon’s Dad

”Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.” 

   – George Eastman

"I do it because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said I couldn't" 

   -- Author Unknown (Credit to Skip Cohen)

“It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.”

-- Mary Ellen Marks