Photography Quotes

A few of my favorite quotes.

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

  • A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picutre. ~ Andreas Feininger

  • There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams

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

  • Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. ~Ansel Adams

  • You don't take a photograph, you make it. ~Ansel Adams

  • The difference in "seeing" between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing subject and expects to get an appealing picture in return, may be headed for a disappointment. ~Andreas Feininger

  • The two most engaging powers of a photographer are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. ~W. Thackeray

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