“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.” WorldFirstsHas BeensEyeAbleEarthSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentSpecialTelevisionCamerasEnvironmentalAwakeningLimitationOur WorldFar AwayBalancedCoincidenceEquipmentGlimpseAstronautOuter SpaceThrough The Eyes Author:Dixie Lee Ray
“Our whole dream for our home was for it to be an artist's haven. So there are paint supplies; there's a piano with a microphone and a recorder right there to capture things right in the second. There's editing equipment. There are cameras. I think the only thing in our house that people would be surprised by is the efficiency.” PeopleThinkingWholeHomeDreamWould BeArtistHouseHavensCamerasPaintPianoCaptureEfficiencyEditingEquipmentSuppliesMicrophonesRecorders Author:Will Smith
“Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.” IfsNeedsFeelsLittlesSometimesInterestModernCamerasTechniqueAshamedSteadyFilmmakingEquipmentLenses Author:Sven Nykvist
“I think the equipment you use has a real, visible influence on the character of your photography. You're going to work differently, and make different kinds of pictures, if you have to set up a view camera on a tripod than if you're Lee Friedlander with handheld 35 mm rangefinder. But fundamentally, vision is not about which camera or how many megapixels you have, it's about what you find important. It's all about ideas.” IfsThinkingKindImportantIdeasDifferentRealCharacterUseViewsVisionInfluencePhotographyCamerasVisibleDifferent KindsEquipmentGoing To WorkTripods Author:Keith Carter
“I thought all I had to do was to buy a camera and become a film director. So when I left school I worked at a telephone company, which gave me the money to buy the basic equipment including the camera, the projector and the screen.” SchoolFilmLeftCompanyDirectorsCamerasIncludingScreensEquipmentTelephonesFilm DirectorsProjectors Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I found that no matter if it's the same tape, the same TV, and the same camera, I can never duplicate an image... your arm jiggles, there's just too much chance. And I never put it on pause, or use any of that fancy equipment.” IfsWayI CanMatterUseFoundStuffChanceMistakeToo MuchTvsArmsCamerasPhotographFancyTapePausesEquipmentMy MistakesDuplicate Author:John Waters
“You really feel like you're on the cutting edge and you know you are because all the camera equipment you take for granted doesn't exist for 3-D. So all the cranes with all the stabilized heads, they don't work on 3-D because they're all built for lightweight camera packages. As soon as you kind of put two cameras together and all the other crap that they need and the cabling to go back to the computers, we've literally, the cranes on these movies, they break after a couple of days.” KnowsNeedsFeelsKindTwoTogetherBreakCuttingLike YouCoupleComputerBuiltCamerasEdgesGrantedCrapEquipmentPackagesCutting EdgeCranes Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their own right. When people talk to writers about their work, they ask about their ideas and inspirations. When they talk to photographers, they ask about what cameras or film they use. That's wrong - as wrong as asking a writer what pencil and laptop he uses.” PeopleIdeasUseInspirationFilmAsksTalkingToo MuchAskingCamerasPhotographerCreatorEquipmentPencilsLaptopsDisserviceTalking Too MuchIdeas And Inspiration Author:Peter Turnley
“After I discovered my degree in photojournalism would only get me a job in a camera store, I taught myself lighting. I read tons of magazines and books and studied the photos trying to figure out how they were done. I bought some flash equipment and played around until I figured out how to make a subject look as I envisioned it should look.” ShouldTryingLooksBookDoneJobsSubjectsFiguresTaughtDegreesCamerasStoresMagazinesFlashEquipmentLightingPhotojournalismMagazines And Books Author:Peter Menzel
“Apart from those other riders there is a whole production team [ of The Fourth Phase] behind the cameras too, hauling hundreds of kilos of fragile and awkward filming equipment up those same frozen landscapes. They're the real heroes.” RealWholeBehindsTeamHeroCamerasProductionsLandscapeFragileFourthAwkwardPhasesEquipmentFrozenRidersReal Heroes Author:Travis Rice
“If I had to give advice to other photographers, I would first suggest quickly getting over the camera equipment questions. In my humble opinion, the make and format of a camera is ultimately low on the priority scale when it comes to making pictures.” IfsGivingFirstsOpinionAdviceLowsCamerasPhotographerHumblePrioritiesScalesEquipmentFormat Author:Michael Kenna
“Craft is important, but cameras for their own sake are not. A sense of aesthetics, a connection with the subject matter, an enquiring and an inquisitive mind, these factors outweigh whatever equipment we use.” MindImportantMatterUseSubjectsConnectionsCamerasSakeFactorsCraftsEquipmentAestheticsSubject MatterInquisitiveInquisitive Minds Author:Michael Kenna
“Cameras and lenses are simply tools to place our unique vision on film. Concentrate on equipment and you'll take technically good photographs. Concentrate on seeing the light's magic colors and your images will stir the soul.” SoulLightFilmVisionSeeingMagicColorUniqueToolsCamerasPhotographEquipmentLensesSeeing The Light Author:Jack Dykinga