“I love sandwiches. Let's face it, life is better between two pieces of bread.” TwoFacesLife IsPiecesBreadSandwiches Author:Jeff Mauro
“All photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment.” MomentsStoriesPhotographyPhotographer Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“In a photograph a person’s eyes tell much, sometimes they tell all.” PersonsSometimesEyePhotographyPhotographerPhotograph Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but it doesn't matter what camera you have. You can have the most modern camera in the world but if you don't have an eye, the camera is worthless. Young people know more about modern cameras and lighting than I do. When I started out in photography I didn't own an exposure meter - I couldn't , they didn't exist! I had to guess.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldFeelsMatterEyeYoungAsksBitsModernMissingPhotographyCamerasPhotographerThese DaysWorthlessExposureLightingMeter Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“Today's photographers think differently. Many can't see real light anymore. They think only in terms of strobe - sure, it all looks beautiful but it's not really seeing. If you have the eyes to see it, the nuances of light are already there on the subject's face. If your thinking is confined to strobe light sources, your palette becomes very mean - which is the reason I photograph only in available light.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanRealReasonLightEyeTodayBeautifulFacesTermSeeingSubjectsSourcePhotographyPhotographerPhotographAvailableConfinedNuancePaletteVery MeanStrobe Lights Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.” RealLightFacesNaturalAlivePhotographyPhotographerAvailablePortraitsFlattering Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards of film, miles of it. Buy all the film you can get your hands on. And then experiment with it.That is the only way to be successful in photography. Test, try, experiment, feel your way along. It is the experience, not technique, which counts in camera work first of all. If you get the feel of photography, you can take fifteen pictures while one of your opponents is trying out his exposure meter.” IfsWayFeelsTryingFirstsUseHandsFilmSuccessfulAdvicePhotographyTestsCamerasInstrumentsPhotographerTechniqueMilesExperimentsOpponentsBeing SuccessfulFifteenYardsExposureMeter Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“I enjoy traveling and recording far-away places and people with my camera. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. You only need to study the scene with the eyes of a photographer.” PeopleNeedsI CanEyeEnjoyMy OwnStudyScenePhotographyWindowCamerasPhotographerFar Away Book:The eye of Eisenstaedt Source: The eye of Eisenstaedt
“People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dew drop, or a rain drop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I'm crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do!” PeopleThinkingI CanEndsMomentsCareAgeWaitingResultsCrazyFrontsPhotographyRainPhotographerPhotographLeafsWho CaresDewEnd ResultsRight MomentRain DropWaiting For The Right Moment Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say ‘Aaaaah,’ with five vowels when they see it. It is something you would like to hang on the wall. The french word ‘photogenique’ defines it better than anything in English. It is a picture which must have quality, drama, and it must, in addition, be as good technically as you can possible make it.” WayQualityFiveWallDramaPhotographyPhotographerPictorialVowels Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt