TgS Photography

QOTD 10/31/2009

2009-10-30T10:15:00.001-05:00

This is the Final Quote - Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water. - Oscar Wilde

QOTD 10/30/2009

2009-10-29T06:53:00.002-05:00

Photograph people in color, you are photographing their clothes. Photograph them in B&W, you photograph their souls. Ted Grant

QOTD 10/29/2009

2009-10-28T00:20:00.000-05:00

When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it. Jean-Luc Godard

QOTD 10/28/2009

2009-10-27T10:19:00.000-05:00

A snap shot is a two-dimensional piece of paper. A photograph is a three-dimensional work of art. Tedric A. Garrison

QOTD 10/27/2009

2009-10-26T07:32:00.000-05:00

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. Robert Frank

QOTD 10/26/2009

2009-10-25T14:26:00.000-05:00

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. Yousuf Karsh

QOTD 10/25/2009

2009-10-24T11:40:00.001-05:00

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. Stephen Wright

QOTD 10/24/2009

2009-10-23T07:00:00.000-05:00

Anything more than 500 yds from the car just isn't photogenic. Brett Weston

QOTD 10/23/2009

2009-10-22T07:39:00.000-05:00

Just remember my best side is my right side—my far right side. Ronald Reagan

QOTD 10/22/2009

2009-10-21T08:23:00.001-05:00

When you buy a 1/4" drill bit, what you really need is a 1/4" hole. Clients don't need photographers, they need photographs. Bill Westheimer

QOTD 10/21/2009

2009-10-20T09:31:00.000-05:00

In a still photograph you basically have two variables, WHERE you stand and WHEN you press the shutter. That’s all you have. Henry Wessel

QOTD 10/20/2009

2009-10-19T10:47:00.000-05:00

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. Andy Warhol

QOTD 10/19/2009

2009-10-18T08:56:00.001-05:00

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. John W. Tukey

QOTD 10/18/2009

2009-10-17T07:38:00.001-05:00

Photography is a love affair with life. Burk Uzzle

QOTD 10/17/2009

2009-10-16T10:03:00.001-05:00

God makes the pictures I just take 'em. Ed H. Urqhardt

QOTD 10/16/2009

2009-10-15T07:35:00.001-05:00

I have gradually confused photography with life. Jerry Uelsmann

QOTD 10/15/2009

2009-10-14T13:26:00.001-05:00

The two most engaging powers of [a photographer] are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. W. Thackeray

QOTD 10/14/2009

2009-10-13T06:47:00.000-05:00

...amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just take pictures... Vernon Trent

QOTD 10/13/2009

2009-10-12T09:00:00.002-05:00

Don’t tell me about the pictures you didn’t get. Just show me the good ones you got. Edward K. Thompson

QOTD 10/12/2009

2009-10-11T22:35:00.000-05:00

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well. John Szarkowski

QOTD 10/11/2009

2009-10-10T11:38:00.000-05:00

It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about. John Szarkowski

QOTD 10/010/2009

2009-10-09T08:12:00.001-05:00

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it. Edward Steichen

QOTD 10/09/2009

2009-10-08T08:03:00.001-05:00

...to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude. Susan Sontag

QOTD 10/08/2009

2009-10-07T08:42:00.001-05:00

I have a camera and I’m not afraid to use it. Michael Schuhmann

QOTD 10/07/2009

2009-10-06T07:00:00.000-05:00

…a photograph gives us the naked truth, which has to be clothed by the imagination. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

QOTD 10/06/2009

2009-10-05T12:12:00.000-05:00

To photograph a thing is to appropriate the thing photographed. Susan Sontag

QOTD 10/05/2009

2009-10-04T14:46:00.000-05:00

...painting is something you do. You make a painting. You don’t make a photograph. You see a photograph. Jurgen Schadeberg

QOTD 10/04/2009

2009-10-03T10:03:00.000-05:00

Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving? Charles Sheeler

QOTD 10/03/2009

2009-10-02T07:24:00.000-05:00

The photographer should suffer, not the audience. Daniel Rubinstein

QOTD 10/02/2009

2009-10-01T08:53:00.000-05:00

Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it. Walter Sickert

QOTD 10/01/2009

2009-09-30T12:08:00.000-05:00

To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark. Dominic Rouse

QOTD 9/30/2009

2009-09-29T11:13:00.000-05:00

Colour is everything, black and white is more. Dominic Rouse

QOTD 9/29/2009

2009-09-28T09:17:00.000-05:00

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff. Jim Richardson

QOTD 9/28/2009

2009-09-27T20:44:00.000-05:00

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. Sir Joshua Reynolds

QOTD 9/27/2009

2009-09-26T10:17:00.001-05:00

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph. Man Ray

QOTD 9/26/2009

2009-09-25T09:16:00.000-05:00

I like photographers—you don’t ask questions. Ronald Reagan

QOTD 9/25/2009

2009-09-24T18:08:00.001-05:00

Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest. Lisette Model

QoTD 9/24/2009

2009-09-23T18:34:00.000-05:00

Don't shoot until you feel it in your gut. Lisette Model

QOTD 9/23/2009

2009-09-22T14:23:00.000-05:00

Photography is the art of being able to see the world one moment at a time, and still being able to make sense of it all. Jason Raddin

QOTD 9/22/2009

2009-09-21T11:50:00.001-05:00

A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever. Raghu Rai

QOTD 9/21/2009

2009-09-20T22:46:00.000-05:00

If light and sight work out in an interesting way, then its a photography... Moses Oliver

POTD 9/19/2009 Shaylee

2009-09-19T22:06:00.002-05:00

A fun day in the sun with Shaylee and Kayla. Nice smile.

QOTD 9/20/2009

2009-09-19T15:20:00.000-05:00

A photograph contains, the stolen part of the reality. Moses Oliver

POTD 9/18/2009 Mushrooms

2009-09-18T11:30:00.003-05:00

Odd, but wonderful. Mushroom popping up everywhere after a week of rain.

QOTD 9/19/2009

2009-09-18T11:29:00.001-05:00

Every picture I take is like a diary entry. Gilles Peress

QOTD 9/18/2009

2009-09-17T10:20:00.000-05:00

The only thing that gets in the way of a really good photograph ... is the camera. Norman Parkinson

QOTD 9/17/2009

2009-09-16T08:03:00.000-05:00

Let the pictures do the talking! Ken Oosterbroek

POTW 9/15/2009 Caity Randall

2009-09-16T07:46:00.002-05:00

The rain stopped and the clouds parted. We were finally able to capture Caity's senior photos at Grapevine Springs Park and in our studio.

QOTD 9/16/2009

2009-09-15T07:59:00.000-05:00

Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at. Ruth Orkin

QOTD 9/15/2009

2009-09-14T11:03:00.000-05:00

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures. Helmut Newton

QOTD 9/14/2009

2009-09-13T14:10:00.001-05:00

The portrait I do best is of the person I know best. Nadar

QOTD 9/13/2009

2009-09-12T07:42:00.000-05:00

The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image. Anne Geddes

QOTD 9/12/2009 - bonus

2009-09-11T11:57:00.000-05:00

I thought I made a (photographic) mistake once but it turned out it was a creative moment. Scott Fleming

QOTD 9/12/2009

2009-09-10T21:29:00.000-05:00

There are no minor leagues in photography. Your pictures are either as good as the greats, or not. Period. Priscilla Ferguson-Forthman

QOTD 9/11/2009

2009-09-10T08:15:00.000-05:00

When your mouth drops open, click the shutter. Harold Feinstein

QOTD 9/10/2009

2009-09-09T12:27:00.000-05:00

Before you shoot an irrestible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for a camera to record. A. Feininger

QOTD 9/9/2009

2009-09-08T11:38:00.001-05:00

Photography: so many attempts - so few masterpieces. James Elliott

QOTD 9/8/2009

2009-09-07T13:29:00.001-05:00

Fear... keeps thousands of pictures from passing through the lens. John Dunia

QOTD 9/7/2009

2009-09-06T17:04:00.001-05:00

The "Truth" is you have too many cameras and you don’t take enough photographs. Kyle Cassidy

QOTD 9/6/2009

2009-09-05T12:36:00.000-05:00

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. Yousuf Karsh

QOTD 9/5/2009

2009-09-04T09:01:00.000-05:00

If you just click the shutter, you are stealing from reality ! I can’t be a thief ! I must create ! Barbara Morgan

QOTD 9/4/2009

2009-09-03T09:20:00.001-05:00

I'm not opposed to words, of course...But the great pictures really don't much need them. They speak all by themselves. - Bryan Moss

QOTD 9/3/2009

2009-09-02T14:26:00.000-05:00

I managed to stop (for a fraction of a second) this eternally fleeting life and show the image to others. Ryszard Kapuscinski

QOTD 9/2/2009

2009-09-01T23:40:00.000-05:00

It doesn't matter if you take a great picture if no one knows what it's about. Carl Mydans

QOTD 9/1/2009

2009-08-31T20:32:00.001-05:00

Our pictures are our footprints. It’s the best way to tell people we were here. Joe McNally

QOTD 8/31/2009

2009-08-30T22:23:00.000-05:00

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. Susan Meiselas

QOTD 8/30/2009

2009-08-28T22:08:00.000-05:00

The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photograph of herself. Elizabeth Metcalf

QOTD 8/29/2009

2009-08-28T08:19:00.001-05:00

Generally speaking, I'm not one to adovcate photographic rules, but I do think it helps to take off the lens cap. Catherine Jo Morgan

QOTD 8/28/2009

2009-08-27T22:20:00.001-05:00

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. Annie Leibovitz

QOTD 8/27/2009

2009-08-26T21:52:00.000-05:00

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. The Apostle Paul-1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)

QOTD 8/26/2009

2009-08-25T20:48:00.002-05:00

I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn. Pablo Picasso

QOTD 8/25/2009

2009-08-25T07:27:00.000-05:00

If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. Robert Capa

QOTD 8/24/2009

2009-08-24T08:01:00.000-05:00

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field. Rick Steves

QOTD 8/23/2009

2009-08-23T22:37:00.000-05:00

Kodak sold film, but they didn't advertise film. They advertised memories. Theodore Levitt

QOTD 8/22/2009

2009-08-22T08:17:00.000-05:00

The model has to give you the moment. It's not you making it. They give it to you and you capture it. Peter Lindberg

QOTD 8/21/2009

2009-08-21T22:39:00.001-05:00

Teachers don't work in the summer, and photographers don't shoot in in the middle of the day. John Loengard

QOTD 8/20/2009

2009-08-21T12:24:00.001-05:00

If a photograph stirs the emotions in at least one person, that makes it art. This includes the person who clicked the shutter. Henrik Lundh

QOTD 8/19/2009

2009-08-20T20:59:00.001-05:00

Photography is one big scrapbook of your life. Lisa Jones

QOTD 8/18/2009

2009-08-19T08:56:00.001-05:00

Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'. Ernst Haas

QOTD 8/17/2009

2009-08-18T12:09:00.000-05:00

The art of looking at pictures can only be properly acquired by constantly looking at pictures. S D Jouhar

QOTD 8/16/09

2009-08-17T15:38:00.001-05:00

Nothing's ever the same twice because everything's always gone forever, yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities. MichaelKenna

QOTD 8/15/09

2009-08-14T15:05:00.002-05:00

Wow, what a lot of picture for a very small click! Peter Kervarec

QOTD 8/14/2009

2009-08-13T12:51:00.001-05:00

Photographers spend years trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours. James Lalropui Keivom

QOTD 8/13/2009

2009-08-12T09:34:00.000-05:00

Many people ask why I am always carrying my cameras, or ask me why I am taking pictures. I often ask, "Why do you eat?" James Lalropui Keivom

QOTD 8/12/2009

2009-08-11T18:13:00.001-05:00

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman. Patrick Kavanagh-THIS POST DOES NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF TGS PHOTOGRAPHY

QOTD 8/11/2009

2009-08-11T10:04:00.000-05:00

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Gandhi

QOTD 8/10/2009

2009-08-10T13:17:00.000-05:00

A camera is a 'save' button for the mind's eye. - Roger Kingston

QOTD 8/9/2009

2009-08-09T20:24:00.001-05:00

Carrying a camera on vacation pretty much guarantees you won't see anything worth shooting. Bob Krist

QOTD 7/31/2009

2009-07-31T22:29:00.000-05:00

A photo is a collision between a person with a camera & reality. The photo is typically as interesting as the collision is. Charles Harbutt

QOTD 7/29/2009

2009-07-28T12:05:00.001-05:00

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. Harold Evans

QOTD 7/28/2009

2009-07-27T16:29:00.001-05:00

My native language is Dutch, my second is photography. Lieve Blanckaer

QOTD 7/27/2009

2009-07-26T16:31:00.001-05:00

The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE. Ernst Haas

QOTD 7/26/2009

2009-07-25T10:17:00.001-05:00

Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between. Karl Heiner

QOTD 7/25/2009

2009-07-24T12:52:00.001-05:00

[Photography] I'm only in it for the exposure. - Eric Hands

QOTD 7/24/2009

2009-07-23T13:43:00.001-05:00

Good photos are like good jokes. If you have to explain them, they aren't that good. Anonymous

QOTD 7/23/2009

2009-07-22T12:23:00.001-05:00

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. Imogen Cunningham

QOTD 7/22/2009

2009-07-21T17:18:00.001-05:00

Photography is one percent talent and ninety-nine percent moving furniture. Arnold Newman

QOTD 7/21/2009

2009-07-20T14:52:00.001-05:00

All photographs lie, therefore all photographers are liars. Monte H. Gerlach

QOTD 7/20/2009

2009-07-19T19:28:00.002-05:00

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. Lewis Wickes Hine

QOTD 7/18/2009

2009-07-17T14:16:00.004-05:00

Remember ... light is your crayon, and there's always another color in the box. Tedric A. Garrison.