“I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my video camera, it can only record what is happening now. I am celebrating reality and the essence of the moment. And that's the greatest challenge that I have.” MomentsRealityCareChallengesRecordsHappeningsEssenceCamerasTake CareVideoCelebrateVideo Cameras Author:Jonas Mekas
“The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to do. You've got people pointing cameras at you and hundreds of people watching you, as you're trying to be great. And often, almost every time, you're not.” PeopleTryingBigsActorsChallengesCamerasThings To DoEmbarrassingPointingEmbarrassmentBig Challenges Author:Chris Pratt
“The challenge in any musical is unifying all the moving parts of it, in particular a movie musical because now you're adding the camera and you're adding the idea of adaptation. So the challenge is to stay as true as you can to the material that you love and yet not be afraid to step outside of it and introduce elements into it that make it exist in a satisfying, exciting way cinematically.” WayIdeasMovingChallengesStepsParticularMaterialsElementsExcitingCamerasMusicalSatisfyingIntroducingAdaptationUnifyingMoving Parts Author:Marc E. Platt
“I like to try to shoot in the city in a way that allows the city to go about its business while we're shooting, and that's always a challenge because unfortunately people on the street don't know not to look in the camera or interact with the actors.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingLooksActorsChallengesCitiesStreetsCamerasShooting Author:Noah Baumbach
“The challenge has always been to wrest emotion out of a [doll's] face that we think of as only having one emotion. It's moving a light, moving my camera; it's just this mental investment that I make, and suddenly, everything changes. Parenthetically, I have to say, I don't particularly like dolls, nor have I ever liked them. That's something I really wanted to get out there right away.” ThinkingLightWantedFacesMovingChallengesEmotionCamerasInvestmentThings ChangeDolls Author:Laurie Simmons
“My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.” PeopleInterestChallengesGreatnessOrdinaryCamerasFascinatedUnlimitedOrdinary PeoplePortrayingPersonal InterestTrue Greatness Book:In Search of Greatness: Reflections of Yousuf Karsh Source: In Search of Greatness: Reflections of Yousuf Karsh
“The axe is fifteen pounds. You have to make sure you don't hurt or hit someone. And hit the beats, because they have five cameras. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.” LooksRealChallengesHurtFiveBeatsCamerasPoundsFifteen Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“I do tend to like movies that challenge me, professionally. That's mostly on a smaller scale, when you have one or two or five actors, and it's all about the acting and not the camera.” TwoActorsChallengesActingFiveCamerasScales Author:Ayelet Zurer
“Everything about acting is a challenge. I'm self-conscious. You couldn't do anything to cause me to be more self-conscious than to stick a camera in my face and have 60 people standing behind it, waiting for me to perform.” PeopleSelfFacesCausesWaitingChallengesActingBehindsConsciousStandingCamerasSticksSelf Conscious Author:Billy Campbell
“Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.” KnowsShouldLooksMayJobsActorsEasyChallengesRoomsHellStageFrontsCamerasTablesCraftsFakeDiningChallenge YourselfDining RoomsPretender Author:Dustin Diamond
“Modeling's terrifying to a lot of people. Standing in front of a camera is terrifying. I like a challenge.” PeopleChallengesFrontsStandingCamerasModeling Author:Daria Werbowy
“There still aren't enough[ roles for women of color]. And I'd say that's the case, not only for African-American women, but for all women in the Hollywood game. It's just slim pickings, and a very challenging time for us. I think that's why more of us need to work our way behind the camera in order to create roles that really illuminate who women are. We still have room for growth in that area, without a doubt.” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsEnoughOrderGamesGrowthChallengesRoomsBehindsRolesCasesDoubtColorAreasHollywoodCamerasAfrican AmericanSlimAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenChallenging Times Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point of view. To achieve that naturalism, I used a screen in front of a camera as I interviewed him” WorldWantedUsedGoalChallengesViewsAchieveFrontsCamerasPoint Of ViewScreensNaturalism Author:Roger Ross Williams
“Everybody now has a camera, whether it is a professional instrument or just part of a phone. Landscape photography is a pastime enjoyed by more and more. Getting it right is not an issue. It is difficult to make a mistake with the sophisticated technology we now have. Making a personal and creative image is a far greater challenge.” DifficultChallengesMistakeTechnologyCreativeIssuesGreaterPhotographyCamerasInstrumentsPhonesEnjoyedLandscapeSophisticatedPastimeLandscape Photography Author:Michael Kenna
“Usually people in the acting business end up both in front of and behind the camera. Working for so long in the business, I know how it works. It's not too much of a challenge; the challenge is making it all come together, being in charge of a huge team of people that you trust.” PeopleKnowsLongEndsTogetherChallengesActingBehindsKnow HowToo MuchTeamFrontsHugeCamerasWorking It Author:Dustin Diamond
“When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.” ArtistChallengesViewsReadyPhotographyCamerasPressesReleaseEncountersCablesAnticipateDarkroom Author:John Sexton
“More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it is too soon to define the characteristic of the photographic style today, one common denominator, rooted in tradition, seems in the ascendancy. The direct use of the camera for what it can do best, and that is the revelation, interpretation, and discovery of the world of man and of nature. The greatest challenge to the photographer is to express the inner significance through the outward form.” MenWorldWellsUseSeemsTodayFormCan DoChallengesCommonStyleExpressionCommunicationApproachPhotographyDiscoveryTraditionDirectCamerasPhotographerMediumsCharacteristicsRevelationsSignificanceInterpretationAestheticRootedCommon DenominatorAscendancy Author:Beaumont Newhall