“The camera was waiting for me by predestination and I took to it as a musician takes to the piano or a painter to canvas. I found that I was master of the elements, that I could work miracles.” FoundWaitingMastersElementsMusicianMiracleCamerasPainterPianoCanvasPredestination Author:Alfred Stieglitz
“Making photos is helpful of course to master the craft. To get comfortable with the camera. Learn what a camera can do and how to use the camera successfully. Doing exercises for example if you try to find out things that the camera can do that the eye cannot do. So that you have a tool that will do what you need to be done. But then once you have mastered the craft the most important thing is to determine why you want to shoot pictures and what you want to shoot pictures of. That's where the thematic issue comes to life.” IfsWantNeedsTryingImportantDoneUseEyeCoursesCan DoIssuesExampleMastersExerciseComfortableToolsCamerasImportant ThingsDetermineWhat You WantCraftsHelpfulThematic Author:Leonard Nimoy
“The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.” KnowsGivingIdeasActorsLanguageMastersCamerasAttractiveMovieFilmmakingGreat Freedom Author:Max von Sydow
“He who writes must master the rules of grammar. He who shoots photographs needs only to follow the instructions as given by the camera.... This leads to the paradox that the more people shoot photographs, the less they are capable of deciphering them.” PeopleNeedsWritingGivenMastersCapableCamerasPhotographParadoxInstructionGrammar Book:Towards a Philosophy of Photography Source: Towards a Philosophy of Photography
“I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like if I could have invisible lights, I would, and invisible cameras. I'm just really trying to get at my subject and I respect the technical aspect, but it is not anything that I think about at this point.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingKindLightSubjectsMastersAspectCamerasDisappearInvisibleIf I Could Author:Carol Friedman
“When I was on set I tried not to bug Steven Soderbergh too much. "Why did you put the camera there?" But he was very open to my questions and definitely being on his set was really thrilling because he's such a master.” Too MuchMastersCamerasBugsThrilling Author:Katie Holmes
“I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask "Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this a wide? What are you doing?" If I look up and notice the camera I go "Oh, it's a big one today, must be an IMAX." And that's kinda it for me because it doesn't affect what I'm doing.” IfsLooksBigsCareTodayActorsAsksMastersCamerasWideLook Up Author:Christian Bale
“The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great thing about soaps, and soap actors will tell you, is that when you get your line wrong, they don't re-shoot it. They just cut to the person listening.” PersonsTwoThreeActorsLinesCuttingMastersListeningCamerasGreat ThingsRoofCurvesSoapSinglesSetupsLearning Curve Author:John C. McGinley
“The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium. Friends was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a masters degree in comedy.” LittlesRealityStudyComedyGroupsMastersSceneDegreesPerceptionIntelligentCamerasMajorityBackgroundsMediumsIntimateBroadsTruthfulFormatBanterComedicArchesVernacularPerception RealityMasters Degree Author:Matt LeBlanc