impression – Creative By Nature

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
- Ansel Adams

Just a quick note from Dan.
Ansel Adams was, no doubt, a great photographer.
What a lot of people don't know is he was also a wizard in the darkroom.
He sometimes took his work and manipulated it.

Using masks and varying exposures on images he accentuated features
seeking to evoke emotion in the viewer. He sometimes even combined
two or more negatives to create an entirely new photo.

So, he truly did make photographs in a very real way.

The Way I See It

Poetry for Your Eyes

Momento Mori

Snap Decisions and Snap Shots

Creativity

Shaping it as it turns.

You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
– Ansel Adams

What is Photography?

Coming in for a landing.

To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photogravity

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Reality, or Not?

In photography there is a reality so subtle
that it becomes more real than reality.
— Alfred Stieglitz

Get Close

If your photos aren’t good enough, then you’re not close enough.
— Robert Capa

Do You Take A Photo or Make A Photo?

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
- Ansel Adams

The Way I See It

To me, photography is an art of observation.
It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…
I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything
to do with the way you see them.
- Elliott Erwitt

Poetry for Your Eyes

When 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.
- Robert Frank

Momento Mori

All photographs are memento mori.
To take a photograph is to participate in another
person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability.
Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it,
all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt
- Susan Sontag

Snap Decisions and Snap Shots

A photojournalist makes snap decisions; based on the ability
to quickly assess situations and record one’s perceived truth.
- Jack Dykinga

Creativity

You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
– Ansel Adams

What is Photography?

To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photogravity

To consult the rules of composition before making a picture
is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.
- Edward Weston

In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. — Alfred Stieglitz

If your photos aren’t good enough, then you’re not close enough. — Robert Capa

You don’t take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. - Elliott Erwitt

When 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. - Robert Frank

All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt - Susan Sontag

A photojournalist makes snap decisions; based on the ability to quickly assess situations and record one’s perceived truth. - Jack Dykinga

You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. – Ansel Adams

To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. - Edward Weston

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In photography there is a reality so subtle
that it becomes more real than reality.
— Alfred Stieglitz

If your photos aren’t good enough, then you’re not close enough.
— Robert Capa

You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
- Ansel Adams

To me, photography is an art of observation.
It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…
I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything
to do with the way you see them.
- Elliott Erwitt

When 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.
- Robert Frank

All photographs are memento mori.
To take a photograph is to participate in another
person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability.
Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it,
all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt
- Susan Sontag

A photojournalist makes snap decisions; based on the ability
to quickly assess situations and record one’s perceived truth.
- Jack Dykinga

You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
– Ansel Adams

To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson

To consult the rules of composition before making a picture
is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.
- Edward Weston