Scott O. Smith Photoblog

A few of my favorite quotes.

• A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams
• A technically perfect photograph can be the world’s most boring picutre. ~ Andreas Feininger
  
• There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ~Ansel Adams
• Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown
• Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. ~Ansel Adams
• You don’t take a photograph, you make it. ~Ansel Adams
• The difference in “seeing” between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing subject and expects to get an appealing picture in return, may be headed for a disappointment. ~Andreas Feininger
• The two most engaging powers of a photographer are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. ~W. Thackeray