A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
ANSEL ADAMSThe negative is the score, and the print the performance.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children…let us turn to them and say, this you inherit: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money…and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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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 the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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