“Composition in photography is almost as varied as composition in music or words -- melodic or atonal, safe or daring -- and can enhance subject, theme, and style. Every photograph you take involves you in some compositional decision, even if this is simply where to set up the camera or when to press the button.” IfsDecisionSubjectsStyleSafePhotographyCamerasPressesPhotographThemeDaringCompositionButtons Book:Basic Photography Source: Basic Photography
“Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.” KnowsDifferentRealUseArtistAnswersRoomsKnowingExampleSkillsCamerasButtonsEditingLensesMicrophonesArtisansReal KnowledgeReal Artists Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“The camera's dumb, it don't [sic] care who's pushing the button. It doesn't know.” KnowsCareCamerasDumbPushingButtons Author:Garry Winogrand
“Things are going to happen whether you are there or not, you still need someone to push the button on the camera and get it and know it's going to work of the story.” KnowsNeedsStillsStoriesHappensCamerasButtonsGoing To Work Author:Neil Berkeley
“Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features and book-length manuals, and cars with dashboard systems worthy of the space shuttle.” BookSeemsSpaceTechnologyOur LivesCarEasierHarderCamerasLeavingWorthyMysteriousFeaturesFiftyDigitalLengthAllowingButtonsManualsSpace ShuttleRemote ControlDigital CamerasDashboardsShuttle Program Author:James Surowiecki
“When you hand someone a camera, why do they act like you just asked them to dissemble a bomb? They take it and they're like, 'What do I do ... I don't really ... ha-huh ...' Yeah, it's the button on the top right where it always is since the beginning of #*@! time!” InspirationalHandsFunnyLike YouTravelCamerasYeahSillyBombsButtonsFunny Travel Author:Dane Cook