Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

 ”There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the latter, the studio is the world… For them, the ordinary doesn’t exist: every thing in life is a source of nourishment.”
– Ernst Haas
Although I can appreciate studio photography I find this quote [...]

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
- Robert Capa
Although Capa was a war photographer his up close and personal philosophy has become the mantra of photographers in a variety of genres from photojournalism to landscape. Are you getting close enough to your subject?
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“A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.”
— Ansel Adams
“People only see what they are prepared to see.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This weekend I attended a photography workshop put on by Art Wolfe here in San Francisco dealing with creativity and creative vision. Note: I’ll have a recap and review of the workshop posted soon. During the workshop a quote by Elliott Erwitt was displayed and it really struck a nerve.
“To me, photography [...]