"Famous Quotes"
The information below tells you how to see a photograph and you can read other famous quotes which are located on my Feline Photo Gallery.*
(see below)
Visualization: The Art of Seeing a Photograph
The steps in making a photograph maybe simply outlined as follows:
1. Need, or desire, to photograph. This attitude is obviously essential.
Sometimes just going out with the camera can excite perceptive
interest. and the desire to work. An assignment- a purpose - can be the
greatest stimulus for functional or creative work.
2. Discovery of the subject, or recognition of its essential aspects, will
evoke the concept of the image. This leads to the exploration of the
subject and the optimum point of view.
3. Visualization of the final picture is essential in whatever medium is used. The term seeing can be used for visualization, but the latter term is more precise in that it relates to the final picture--its scale, composition, tonal and textural values, etc. Just as a musician "hears" notes and chords in his mind's ear, so can the trained photographer "see" certain values, textures, and arrangements in his mind's eye.
Visualization, and the conscious application of fundamental techniques, does not inhibit the creative-intuitive faculties; it protects and augments them. The creative-intuitive forces must dominate from the start in all expressive work. If not, the whole concept of photography as a creative medium would be invalid. But a sloppy performance of a photograph is as obnoxious as a sloppy performance of music. Subject alone -- or any mere simulation of reality -- cannot support a work of art in any medium. -- Ansel Adams
"Snowstorm"
The picture we make is never made for us alone; it is, and should be, a communication ---to reach as many people as possible without dilution of quality or intensity--To the complaint "There are no people in these photographs," I respond, "There are always two people; the photographer and the viewer." --Ansel Adams
I have added famous quotes pages II and III, just click above.
Thank you for visiting this page. You can read other famous quotes by going to the sitemap and connecting to my Feline Photo Gallery. I have 1 quote for each page for you to read plus music.
* Quotes taken from "The Basic Techniques of Photography" by John P. Schaefer, An Ansel Adams Guide.
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