| Now to consult the rules of composition before | The virtue of the camera is not the power it |
| making a picture is a little like consulting the | has to transform the photographer into an |
| law of gravitation before going for a walk. | artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on |
| Such rules and laws are deduced from the | looking. - Brooks Anderson |
| accomplished fact; they are the products of | |
| reflection . . . - Edward Weston | Photography suits the temper of this ageof |
| | active bodies and minds. It is a perfect |
| "Simply look with perceptive eyes at the | medium for one whose mind is teeming with |
| world about you, and trust to your own | ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who |
| reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: | would be slowed down by painting or |
| "Does this subject move me to feel, think | sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts |
| and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own | decisively, accurately. - Edward Weston |
| personal statement of what I feel and want to | |
| convey - from the subject before me?" | |
| - Ansel Adams | |
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| Keep it simple. - Alfred Eienstaedt | Memory is very important, the memory of |
| | each photo taken, flowing at the same speed |
| A great photograph is one that fully expresses | as the event. During the work, you have to be |
| what one feels, in the deepest sense, about | sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've |
| what is being photographed. - Ansel | captured everything, because afterwards it will |
| Adams | be too late. - Henri Cartier Bresson |
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| I think the best pictures are often on the edges | Photography is a major force in explaining |
| of any situation, I don't find photographing the | man to man. - Edward Steichen |
| situation nearly as interesting as | |
| photographing the edges. - William Albert | |
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