The craft of photography is the key to good images.
ANSEL ADAMSThere are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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