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

Ansel Adams

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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Expression Feeling Greatness Oneself Photograph
Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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Love Photograph Reality Spirit Technique
It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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Nature Photograph Present World
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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Act Art Love Music People Photograph Reading Yourself
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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Art Communication Creation Ideas Photograph
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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Goodness Image Keys Photograph
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
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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Build Confidence Creation Emotion Encouragement Men Reveal Spirit
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Photograph See Truth
The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
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Hope Negative Photograph Serious Weapon
Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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God Myself Photograph Place
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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Photograph Value
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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Art Easy Heart Life Smile World Yourself
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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Art Myself Need
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Goodness Photograph Position
One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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Greatness Important Improvement Photograph Pieces

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