some quotes to ponder about

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

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams

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

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora WeltyThe camera can photograph thought. ~Dirk Bogarde

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. ~Harold Evans, "Pictures on a Page"

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul. ~Mary Ellen Mark

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. ~Henri Cartier-Bresson

One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style. ~Author Unknown

All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it. ~John Berger

Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. ~Tony BennA great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. ~Ansel Adams

i really like the one that says buying nikon doesn't make you a photographer, but it makes you a nikon owner. very sarcastically done. haha.. but it's true. buying a camera doesn't make you a photographer. you have to acually know how to use the camera and practice your skills and master those skills.

these quotes are taken from:

Welcome to the quote garden. Retrieved August 3, 2008. Website: http://www.quotegarden.com/photography.html

by: azie ismail