| I almost never set out to photograph a | Now to consult the rules of composition before |
| landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a | making a picture is a little like consulting the |
| means of recording a mountain or an animal | law of gravitation before going for a walk. |
| unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My | Such rules and laws are deduced from the |
| first thought is always of light. - Galen | accomplished fact; they are the products of |
| Rowell | reflection . . . - Edward Weston |
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| A mad, keen photographer needs to get out | It is not the language of painters but the |
| into the world and work and make mistakes. | language of nature which one should listen to. |
| - Sam Abell | . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for |
| | reality, is more important than the feeling for |
| | pictures. - Vincent Van Gogh |
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| Pictures you have taken have an influence on | You learn to see by practice. It's just like |
| those that you are going to make. | playing tennis, you get better the more you |
| That's life! - John Sexton | play. The more you look around at things, the |
| | more you see. The more you photograph, the |
| Photography is about finding out what can | more you realize what can be photographed |
| happen in the frame. When you put four | and what can't be photographed. You just have |
| edges around some facts, you change those | to keep doing it. - Eliot Porter |
| facts. - Gary Winogrand | |
| | A room hung with pictures is a room hung with |
| I think you have to have a real point of view | thoughts. - Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| that's your own. You have to tell it your way. | |
| And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a | |
| specific magazine's point of view because it's | |
| never going to be as good. You have to shoot | |
| for yourself and photograph [the way] you | |
| believe it. - Mary Ellen Mark | |
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