“When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to make the move. And in each case they moved up their camera operator to be the DP, which really meant they didn't want to give up being the DP, and really wanted to do both. And my feeling was if I was going to succeed as a director, I had to just be a director and give up the safety net of being a cameraman.” IfsWantGivingFeelingsWantedMovingCasesSucceedDirectorsGiving UpCamerasSafetyMovedReally MeanSafety NetOperatorsCameraman Author:Barry Sonnenfeld
“Since a camera is something too heavy for women and initially made for men, you need a good cameraman.” MenNeedsMadeCamerasHeavyCameraman Author:Mitra Farahani
“You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)” BlackPowerfulPhotographyWeaponsGunCamerasAfrican AmericanLapMilitantPistolsHandgunsPanthersCameramanBlack PantherCleaver Author:Gordon Parks
“I don't think I can break down any doors, but I'm thinking, "Maybe I can be a cameraman, because I love the cameras." And the cameraman would show me how to thread the film, how to repair it, the lenses. That's when you become, like, goony goo-goo about it. You breathe and eat camera, and all of a sudden, you don't want anything else in the world. You finally know, "This is my calling." When you're passionate about something, it doesn't become work. It's art and it's fun. It's arduous, it's sweaty.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantArtI CanShowsFilmFunBreakDoorsCallingCamerasPassionateBreatheWorking ItThreadShow MeBreaking DownLensesCameraman Author:Pam Grier
“It's true that I don't think I'd be a good director. If I were a director, I'd try to hire the best people I could and then leave them alone. I don't know much about cameras or lighting, so I'd make sure that I had a really good cameraman who understood lenses and lighting, and I say to him, "This is the scene we have to shoot and this is what I think it should be, you go do it." Same with actors. But really, very good directors who know everything do basically the same thing. They hire you and then they leave you alone.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsShouldTryingActorsSceneDirectorsUnderstoodCamerasVery GoodBe YouLensesLightingGood DirectorsCameraman Author:Christopher Walken
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.” InspirationalWholeWise WordsPhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographCaptureExplainingCapturedPhotography By PhotographersTaking PicturesInspirational PhotographyGreat PhotographyAnalogCameramanStreet PhotographyBlack And White Photography Author:Elliott Erwitt
“A saucer flew right over (us), put down three landing gears, and landed out on the dry lakebed. (The cameramen) went out there with their cameras toward the UFO.... I had chance to hold (the film) up to the window. Good close-up shots. There was no doubt in my mind that it was made someplace other than on this earth.” MindMadeEarthFilmThreeChanceDoubtShotsWindowCamerasDryNo DoubtUfoFlewGearsLandingCameraman Author:Gordon Cooper