A few random thoughts as we start a new year of photography:
Creating a good photograph is like a savings account. The more you put into it, the more interest you earn.
Behind every great photographer is a thousand bad pictures.
It’s not a mistake unless someone notices.
Never judge a photographer by their pictures.
Sometimes, the best photographs happen only after reading the camera manual.
Half the picture is knowing where to point the camera.
If you’re not in focus, you’re in the way.
A camera owner knows how to use their camera. A photographer knows when to use their camera.
An amateur photographer has no doubt they will make some good pictures. A professional photographer has no doubt they will make some bad pictures.
If you just want a regular paycheque, then get a regular job.
If at first you don’t succeed, reformat your memory card.
It’s easier to do it right today, than re-shoot it tomorrow.
Focus yourself before you focus the camera.
Be thankful for all the lousy photographers. They make the rest of us look good.
A perfect photo is one in which there’s nothing more to be cropped off.
No picture is perfect. That’s why they invented Photoshop.
When a photographer says, “Just one more”, they’re lying.
Not all photos have meaning. Some just look nice.
Everyone likes to have their picture taken.
Beauty is in the viewfinder of the photographer.
There are no ugly people, just bad portrait photographers.
Mediocre photographers will never be disappointed.
Success is proportional to responsibility.
It’s better to have people criticize your pictures than to have no pictures worth criticizing.
The problem with a photo is that it only shows what’s in the frame.
If your pictures are boring, then stand in front of more interesting subjects.
Every photograph reveals the photographer.
Photoshop can be a fool’s paradise.
Being paid on time is like a pat on the back, only better.
An optimist sees the light, a pessimist sees the shadow, a photographer sees the need to use fill flash.
Never base your photo budget on the size of the picture hole.
Busyness and business are not the same.
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but a nicely retouched portrait can come close.
A photographer who makes only money with their camera is a poor photographer.
Nothing is cheap, especially experience.
When someone else makes a mistake, it’s called “inexperience”. But when we make a mistake, it’s called “experience”.
It’s always funnier (and cheaper) when mistakes happen to other people.
Mistakes occur faster than experience.
You gain experience only after you needed it.
An expert is someone who’s already made all of the mistakes.
An expert is someone who’s read the manual.
A photographer is a painter in a hurry.
Camera equipment expands to fill all available credit cards.
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