Famous Quotes

"I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn't that good."

I feel that this quotes follows its own principle and doesn't need to be explained, but if you are confused about it, here is an explanation. Sometimes it is interesting to hear the story behind the photo and you see the photo in a new light. But in most cases a photo shouldn't need a story to back it up. It has to speak for itself.

"The important thing is not the camera but the eye."

Photography is the art of observation. It is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.


"A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective."


This quote shows that photography is a very emotional art and in most circumstances, if you have an emotional connection to the photo you have taken, then it is likely to be more 'effective'.


"There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever"

A good photograph opportunity does not come very often. You need to develop the intuition to know just when to click that button to capture that 'once-in-a-lifetime' moment.