But if you’re talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.
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More Leonard Nimoy Quotes
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For me it’s all about personal vision; is there something about a subject that uniquely speaks to me.
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What I’m exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It’s an area that I’m curious about, and I’m researching it to see if there’s a photographic essay in it for me. If images don’t start to come, I’ll go to something else.
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Art functioning as propaganda is not art.
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The camera can capture thought in a way that’s quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and communicate a lot with just a finger or an eyebrow, or a look, or a glance.
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If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
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I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.
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You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.
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Other times, you’re doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos.
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I’m not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever’s at hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I’m not emotional about any of them
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That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.
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I use a computer. I don’t know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I’m pretty good on the computer.
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I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time.
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I’ve been working with photography for many years.
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May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant.
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When you let me take I’m grateful. When you let me give I’m blessed.
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Rocket ships are exciting but so are roses on a birthday.
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How many times have we come away from an argument wishing we had said and done something different?
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Judging by the pollution content of the atmosphere, I believe we have arrived at the late twentieth century.
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The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.
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The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
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I’ve noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.
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These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I’m doing. I tell them I’m doing family.
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I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans.
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This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I’ve had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I’m not just signing books – I’m showing slides and talking about the work
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I’m touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful – collecting these shards of spirituality – that we may be helping to bring about a healing.
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It is important to understand what are you trying to capture with a camera. What you want to use this tool for. It helps to begin to search for and concentrate on thematic photography.
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