{"id":48071,"date":"2022-08-16T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tonydoovisuals.com\/?p=48071"},"modified":"2022-08-16T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:24:44","slug":"117-of-the-best-photography-quotes-from-top-photographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonydoovisualshq.com\/?p=48071","title":{"rendered":"117 of the Best Photography Quotes from Top Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do images truly express as much as words do &#8211; or even more? Why do some pictures evoke strong emotions within us or strike a chord deep within? You may or may not have answers to such questions. But what you have here is a well-curated list of words of wisdom or witty one-liners from photographers who have wowed us with their stellar images. This is a collection of&nbsp;famous photography quotes&nbsp;on their observations about their art, passion, and profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a photo editing company that provides editing services for professional wedding photographers, and that means we work with a lot of amazing pro wedding photographers. And we\u2019ve been following wedding photographers, portrait photographers, boudoir photographers, lifestyle photographers, and influencers very closely for years, collecting words of advice we can pass on to inspire, educate, and motivate the entire community of photographers we collaborate with. While some of these quotes might reiterate how inspiring the art of photography could be for both the photographer and the viewer, others might take you back to a moment you had probably experienced as a photographer. And yes, coming back to what we began with, you could always take your pick of caption from this compilation of quotes for a well-curated social media feed. From inspirational to funny, we have one for every mood!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/44.png?v=1636719144\" alt=\"Infographic stating at times, a single line could beautifully convey the crux of what photography is\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From what photography means to them to what makes for a good photo, these&nbsp;famous quotes&nbsp;from top photographers&nbsp;delve into a plethora of topics, and reading these pearls of prudence from these notable photography leaders could be truly rewarding. Because at times just a single line could beautifully convey the crux of what photography is. So, here you go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u201cYou don\u2019t take a photograph, you make it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ansel Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/annie-leibovitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Annie Leibovitz<br><\/a><\/li><li><strong>\u201cGreat photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Peter Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t trust words. I trust pictures.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Gilles Peress<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIt is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Alfred Eisenstaedt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTaking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Diane Arbus<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIf your pictures aren\u2019t good enough, you\u2019re not close enough.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Capa<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTaking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Marc Riboud<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYour first 1,000 photographs are your worst.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Henri Cartier-Bresson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Andy Warhol<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Dorothea Lange<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ansel Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography helps people to see.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Berenice Abbott<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhat I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that\u2019s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Karl Lagerfeld<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Alfred Eisenstaedt<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PRO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/47.png?v=1636719194\" alt=\"An infographic stating a quote from Montana Dennis\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are quotes &#8211; and then there are slice-of-life quotes. Here we bring you a bunch of&nbsp;photography quotes&nbsp;that you may relate to, especially the ones that discuss&nbsp;real-life&nbsp;scenarios or situations that you may have faced on the job as a photographer.&nbsp;Whether it is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/shooting-dark-locations-without-flash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tough lighting scenario<\/a>&nbsp;or having a hard time getting a subject to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2019\/01\/top-5-tips-posing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pose correctly<\/a>,&nbsp;in all likelihood&nbsp;these professional photographers have been there and seen it all. Some of these quotes could be ideal for photographers who are just starting out or even those who have learned along the way what they could have done<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2017\/06\/first-year-wedding-photographer-16-things-wish-did\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;differently&nbsp;in their first years<\/a>.&nbsp;Listed below is a compilation of all such scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"16\"><li><strong>\u201cHow do we start taking pictures of people, and stop taking pictures of poses?\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Justin and Mary Marantz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cCircumstantial light considers not only all the properties and behaviors of natural light, but also how that light interacts with the objects around , so that it can transform those objects into light-shaping tools.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;He has more to say!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2017\/09\/ask-anything-roberto-valenzuela-wedding-photography-tips\/\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;for his Ask Anything Q&amp;A.<br>\u2013 Roberto Valenzuela<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe people who hire me as a wedding photographer hire me not just because of my photographic style, they hire me because of the style of my personality. My style and personality match, so they know they\u2019re getting a genuine style.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jared Platt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYou need to use when you have to, such as when it\u2019s raining. Or, when you just feel like it. Sometimes you wear it because you need to get the sun out of your eyes. Think about flash in the same way. Don\u2019t use it all the time, but also don\u2019t shy away from it. If it\u2019s dark outside, use flash. If you know there\u2019s time, and you have a good idea, and your clients will love it, then go for it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Matt Kennedy<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen you acquire an understanding of the science behind light and what governs it, then you can predict its behavior and control the lighting in photographs.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Roberto Valenzuela<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWith creating, we are literally bringing something into existence that didn\u2019t exist before.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Montana Dennis<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI believe photographers should shoot what they want, not shoot what they get.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Roberto Valenzuela<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWherever the center of the light source is, you want that to be a little bit above the center of the couple\u2019s eyes &#8211; something magical happens when you do this.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Zach and Jody Gray<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUNNY PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/wedding_couple_posing_with_their_fun_friends_kellyiswilde.jpg?v=1636719228\" alt=\"A bride and groom posing for a picture in front of a window as two wedding guests photo bomb them\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@kellyiswilde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your job as a wedding photographer puts you in all kinds of situations &#8211; at times funny and amusing, at other times a tight spot. And many of you might look for humor even in stressful situations for some quick comic relief. Because a hearty laugh could be a great stressbuster! So, here are some of the&nbsp;best quotes&nbsp;that could put a smile on your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"24\"><li><strong>\u201cA photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said, \u2018I love your pictures &#8211; they\u2019re wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.\u2019 He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: \u2018That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove.\u201d<\/strong>\u2013 Sam Haskins<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cGosh, my job is so easy! I just click a button all day\u2026 said no photographer ever.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Are you struggling with time management?&nbsp;Do you have too many things on your plate demanding your attention? Give&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2020\/03\/fast-5-save-your-sanity-with-outsourcing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outsourcing<\/a>&nbsp;a try!<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYou might be a photographer if\u2026 Your eyesight from staring at the computer has gone from F11 to F1.8.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Naman Pokarna\u2019s Photography<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cToday, I am going to shoot someone\u2026 and they will love me for it!\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Unknown<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Related Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/14-relatable-humor-quotes-wedding-photographers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 Relatable Photography Humor Quotes For Wedding Pros<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;BLACK AND WHITE&nbsp;PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/black_and_white_photo_of_bride_and_groom_kissing_with_guests_holding_sparklers_erinm_photography_55_3.jpg?v=1636719260\" alt=\"A bride and groom kissing during a sparkler exit post the wedding reception\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@erinm_photography<br><br>Black and white images are often held as classic expressions of timeless moments,&nbsp;and these evergreen&nbsp;photography quotes&nbsp;celebrate the eternal appeal of black and white photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"28\"><li><strong>\u201cBlack and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Frank<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s something strange and powerful about black and white imagery.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Stefan Kanfer<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cEverything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there\u2019s always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jack Lowden<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2021\/03\/black-and-white-wedding-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black and white<\/a>, you photograph their souls!\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ted Grant<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Suggested Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/make-image-black-and-white-lightroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Make An Image Black And White In Lightroom<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/20_IG_layout_march_2022_Taylor_Kemp_Photography_taylorkempphotography_00590.jpg?v=1652201815\" alt=\"a couple standing infront of a forest beside a lake during the dusk \">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@taylorkempphotography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many&nbsp;quotes about photography&nbsp;that celebrate the true essence of nature\u2019s bounty.&nbsp;And you could always draw inspiration from them while creating the photograph of your imagination. Imagine the blue skies, the lush greenery, and the natural light of the sun adding their charm to your images. This is especially true when it comes to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2021\/03\/outdoor-wedding-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outdoor wedding photography<\/a>&nbsp;sessions or shoots.&nbsp;Take a look&nbsp;at these quotes that drew inspiration from nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"32\"><li><strong>\u201cI wish that all of nature\u2019s magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Annie Leibovitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe earth is art, the photographer is only a witness.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Yann Arthus-Bertrand<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ambrose Bierce<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWherever there is light, one can photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Alfred Stieglitz<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several inspirational&nbsp;quotes&nbsp;by remarkable photographers that could motivate you to excel in your craft. Below, we share some of those&nbsp;quotes about photography&nbsp;with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"36\"><li><strong>\u201cPhotography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Bill Brandt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe pictures are there, and you just take them.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Capa<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Edward Weston<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe camera makes you forget you\u2019re there. It\u2019s not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Annie Leibovitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPart of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Martin Parr<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA photograph is like a recipe &#8211; memory the finished dish.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Carrie Latet<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIn photography, there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 August Sander<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe two most engaging powers of a photograph are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 William Thackeray<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Anne Geddes<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cFor me, documentary photography has always come with great responsibility. Not just to tell the story honestly and with empathy, but also to make sure the right people hear it. When you photograph somebody who is in pain or discomfort, they trust you to make sure the images will act as their advocate.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Giles Duley<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYou can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Joan Miro<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhile there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Dorothea Lange<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t pack up your camera until you\u2019ve left the location.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Joe McNally<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/brian_bossany_wildDOTtrailDOTstudio_089.jpg?v=1652201448\" alt=\"a groom picked up the bride while its raining\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer: @wild.trail.studio<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cAll photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Richard Avedon<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen people ask me what equipment I use &#8211; I tell them my eyes.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Anonymous<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 James Balog<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn\u2019t photograph them.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Diane Arbus<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jacques-Henri Lartigue<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Wayne Miller<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTo me, the magic of photography, per se, is that you can capture an instant of a second that couldn\u2019t exist before and couldn\u2019t exist after. It\u2019s almost like a cowboy that draws his gun. You draw a second before or after, you miss and you\u2019re dead \u2013 not them. To me, photography\u2019s always like that.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Mario Testin<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Garry Winogrand<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cResults are uncertain even among the more experienced photographers.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Matthew Brady<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIn the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 James Wilson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIf I could tell the story in words, I wouldn\u2019t need to lug around a camera.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Lewis Hine<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/45.png?v=1636719295\" alt=\"An infographic stating a quote from Roger Kingston\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"60\"><li><strong>\u201cPhotographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Sally Mann<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cToday everything exists to end in a photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Susan Sontag<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cOnce photography enters your bloodstream, it is like a disease.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Anonymous<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA camera is a SAVE button for the mind\u2019s eye.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Roger Kingston<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cOf course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ben Shahn<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/inside-kodak-factory-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kodak sells film<\/a>, but they don\u2019t advertise film; they advertise memories.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Theodore Levitt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen I photograph, what I\u2019m really doing is seeking answers to things.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Wynn Bullock<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWe don\u2019t learn from our good images; we learn from the ones that can be improved on.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jen Rozenbaum<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIf you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Linda McCartney<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ansel Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIt takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 David Bailey<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI didn\u2019t choose photography, photography chose me.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Gerardo Suter<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhich of my photographs is my favorite? The one I\u2019m going to take tomorrow.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Imogen Cunningham<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s a time when people say your work is revolutionary, but you have to keep being revolutionary. I can\u2019t keep shooting pop stars all my life. You have to keep changing, keep pushing yourself, looking for the new, the unusual.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Rankin<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos. Photography is about photographers. A camera didn\u2019t make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Peter Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can\u2019t be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Eliot Porter<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/18_july_jorge_santiago_0010_jorgesantiagophoto.jpg?v=1652202088\" alt=\"a couple standing infront of some cactus beside a lake\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer: @jorgesantiagophoto<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTo me, photography is an art of observation. It\u2019s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place\u2026 I\u2019ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Elliott Erwitt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cMy interest in photography is not to capture an image I see or even have in my mind, but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to imagine.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Lois Greenfield<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Orson Welles<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cContrast is what makes photography interesting.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Conrad Hall<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It\u2019s simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what\u2019s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Elliott Erwitt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYour photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Paul Strand<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Andy Goldsworthy<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWe are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ralph Hattersley<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Mapplethorpe<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Frank<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Galen Rowell<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is the recording of strangeness and beauty with beguiling precision.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Sebastian Smee<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Steve McCurry<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI think of photography like therapy.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Harry Gruyaert<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THOUGHT-PROVOKING PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/46.png?v=1636719341\" alt=\"An infographic stating a quote from Lucas Gentry\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are images that could draw your attention, make you pause for a while, and compel you to contemplate what the pictures are trying to convey. These quotes pay a tribute to such images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"90\"><li><strong>\u201cA 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.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Irving Penn<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography has nothing to do with cameras.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Lucas Gentry<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cEssentially what photography is is life lit up.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Sam Abell<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Do you find yourself struggling to make wedding photography work? Learn&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2021\/01\/grow-your-wedding-photography-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">when and how to grow your wedding photography business here<\/a>.<br>\u2013 Martin Parr<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYou cannot possibly hit the shutter without leaving a piece of you in the image.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Joe Buissink<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is my passion. Whenever I get time, I click.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Shaheer Sheikh<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Dorothea Lange<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI love this life. I feel like I am always catching my breath and saying, \u2018Oh! Will you look at that?\u2019 Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary life. You don\u2019t look for pictures. Your pictures are looking for you.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Harold Feinstein<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cSkill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Percy W. Harris<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cOne doesn\u2019t stop seeing. One doesn\u2019t stop framing. It doesn\u2019t turn off and on. It\u2019s on all the time.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Annie Leibovitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Peter Lindbergh<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen you photograph a face\u2026 you photograph the soul behind it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jean-Luc Godard<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cLight makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Are you struggling with lighting? Refer to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/top-5-tips-lighting-images-location\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide on photography lighting basics for any location<\/a>.<br>\u2013 George Eastman<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIn photography, there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Alfred Stieglitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ernst Haas<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Eudora Welty<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Henri Cartier-Bresson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it\u2019s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Paul Caponigro<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/diane_nicole_photography_033_dianenicolephoto103125248_3284509571607697_5923131332226801348_o.jpg?v=1636719369\" alt=\"A portrait of person getting emotional at a wedding\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@dianenicolephoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"108\"><li><strong>\u201cIf a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Eve Arnold<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo &#8211; symmetry, or color, or contrast &#8211; and it\u2019s my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Connor Franta<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhatever situations you\u2019re in, you have to find a way to rock it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Mary Marantz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cDon\u2019t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 David Alan Harvey<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Diane Arbus<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPerception isn\u2019t reality, it\u2019s the only reality.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Amy and Jordan Demos<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to push yourself harder. You\u2019ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You\u2019ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 William Albert Allard<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it\u2019s good to capture people when they are themselves.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Patrick Demarchelier<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ansel Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cFear is the thing that prohibits a lot of photographers from reaching their full potential.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Are you afraid of diving in? Or are you afraid because you don\u2019t have time to do everything?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/reasons-outsource-photography-editing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outsourcing might help<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/2021\/03\/professional-photo-editing\/\">!<br><\/a>\u2013 Collin Pierson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI love the people I photograph. I mean, they\u2019re my friends. I\u2019ve never met most of them or I don\u2019t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Bruce Gilden<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I\u2019d like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Annie Leibovitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cNo place is boring if you\u2019ve had a good night\u2019s sleep and a pocket full of unexposed film.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cClients love pictures where they\u2019re laughing versus just smiling. That\u2019s because there\u2019s emotion behind it. Because you\u2019re capturing energy, not just a still image.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jen Rozenbaum<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA photograph is memory in the raw.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Carrie Latet<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SOME OF OUR FAVORITE&nbsp;PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/16_IG_layout_march_2022_jodi_betancourt_jodibphotography_00276.jpg?v=1652202607\" alt=\"a double exposure image of a couple and a tree during the twilight\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@jodibphotography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"123\"><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever\u2026 It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Aaron Siskind<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI threw myself into this artform because photography had given me a new sense of mission and identity.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Bob Anderson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe eye should learn to listen before it looks.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Frank<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIf you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jim Richardson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is about capturing souls not smiles.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Dragan Tapshanov<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cSpend more time working on posing, expressions, and creating energy between the couple and you &#8211; they need to feel the energy that makes them react. Remember, reaction is part of the pose.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Here\u2019s our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shootdotedit.com\/blogs\/news\/top-5-tips-posing-confidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tips on posing with&nbsp; confidence<\/a>.<br>\u2013 Roberto Valenzuela<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI like to photograph anyone before they know what their best angles are.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ellen Von Unwerth<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is the story I fail to put into words.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Destin Sparks<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cIt is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Paul Strand<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Steven Pinker<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 W. Eugene Smith<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cOnly photograph what you love.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Tim Walker<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/48.png?v=1636719431\" alt=\"An infographic stating a photography quote from Burk Uzzle\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"135\"><li><strong>\u201cWhat makes a photograph a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 John Berger<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is a love affair with life.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Burk Uzzle<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cMy photography is the result of being there at the right moment.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Rene Burri<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Scott Lorenzo<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don\u2019t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Susan Meiselas<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cMost things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Tony Benn<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThere is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Heinecken<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Berenice Abbott<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is truth.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Jean-Luc Godard<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is the beauty of life captured.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Tara Chisolm<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 David DuChemin<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI am not interested in shooting new things \u2013 I am interested to see things new.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ernst Haas<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cThe whole point of taking pictures is so that you don\u2019t have to explain things with words.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Elliott Erwitt<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI feel more like a creative artist using photography because there\u2019s \u2013 the digital work is so interesting now. It\u2019s come to that. I have had many different stages of photography &#8211; there are many different ways to take photos. But I feel now I\u2019m in that stage of my life where I use the camera, you know, in that way.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Annie Leibovitz<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cLook and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Yousuf Karsh<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/012_0351_narvold_photography_nick_arvold_narvoldphotography_january_2022.jpg?v=1652202816\" alt=\"a bride in her wedding attire standing by the window with flowers in her hand\">Image Courtesy: ShootDotEdit Customer&nbsp;@narvoldphotography<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cBeauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Matt Hardy<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Ansel Adams<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI never have taken a picture I\u2019ve intended. They\u2019re always better or worse.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Diane Arbus<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI think that emotional content is an image\u2019s most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks the emotional impact to draw a reaction from viewers, or remain in their hearts.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Anne Geddes<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhen people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Robert Frank<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cCharacter, like a photograph, develops in darkness.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Yousuf Karsh&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"156\"><li><strong>\u201cThe subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Gordon Parks<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTo me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Henri Cartier-Bresson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cMy life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Steve McCurry<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cI walk, I look, I see, I stop, I photograph.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Leon Levinstein<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/6422\/3136\/files\/49.png?v=1636719534\" alt=\"An infographic stating a quote from Edward Steichen\"><br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Steven Pinker<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cTo consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Edward Weston<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cYour photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Paul Strand<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cPhotography for me is not looking, it\u2019s feeling. If you can\u2019t feel what you\u2019re looking at, then you\u2019re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Don McCullin<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cWhy do we use flash at all? Because photography is not the same as eyesight. We can see in low-light situations where cameras, dependent upon a physical process to record visual information, are half-blind.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 David Hewson<br><\/li><li><strong>\u201cA portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.\u201d<\/strong><br>\u2013 Edward Steichen<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do images truly express as much as words do &#8211; or even more? 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