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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.

Ansel Adams

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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Leaving Light Nature Quiet
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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Experience Exploration Life Photograph Time Wisdom
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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Communication Expression Photograph Powerful
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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Art Beautiful Generosity Light Spirit
You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Art Inspirational Photograph Yourself
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Accident Mistake Photograph
We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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Greatness Honor Image
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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Camera Photograph Yourself
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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Photograph Poetry Reality
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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Photograph Value
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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Destiny Fight Force Human Live Men Spirit
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Expression Feeling Greatness Photograph

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.

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