“[The Polaroid camera is] a system that will be a partner in perception, enabling us to see the objects in the world around us more vividly than we can see them without it, a system to be an aid to memory and a tool for exploration.” WorldMemoriesObjectsPerceptionToolsCamerasAidsPartnersExplorationEnablingPolaroids Author:Edwin Land
“When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.” YearsMadeWholeEarthFormYoungGenerationsComputerLateToolsCamerasFellowsNotionBrandsParksPoeticPublishingGoogle1960sNeatPublicationMy GenerationTypewritersIdealisticScissorsStanford UniversityDesktopPersonal ComputersPolaroidsAmazing JobDesktop Publishing Author:Steve Jobs
“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
“It is important to understand what are you trying to capture with a camera. What you want to use this tool for. It helps to begin to search for and concentrate on thematic photography.” WantTryingImportantHelpingUsePhotographyToolsCamerasWhat You WantCaptureThematic Author:Leonard Nimoy
“With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph.” WorldFilmActorsCan DoViewsActingWrittenToolsCamerasPoint Of ViewComparisonCrudeParagraphSubjectivityGood Acting Author:William Boyd
“Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of beauty.” WorldVisionPhotographyToolsCamerasInadequateFixing Author:Daido Moriyama
“As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to your camera operators. Everybody is a part of the creative process, and if they feel like they're part of a team versus just being a tool, they're going to give you something special.” IfsWayWantGivingFeelsActorsProcessCreativeTeamSpecialDirectorsToolsCamerasConnectedCreative ProcessJust BeingVersusSomething SpecialOperators Author:Eric Balfour
“The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my own business, and often to get into trouble.” MindReasonUseMy OwnTroubleToolsCamerasInvestigationOwn Business Author:Danny Lyon
“In my heart I like to remain an amateur, in the sense of being in love with what I'm doing, forever astonished again at the endless possibilities of seeing and using the camera as a recording tool.” HeartForeverSeeingPossibilityMy HeartToolsCamerasEndlessBeing In LoveEndless Possibilities Author:Inge Morath
“For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.” PeopleIfsToolsCamerasLike MeCuriousFantasticPrivate LifeEntrancesLives Of Others Author:Anders Petersen
“3D is not a fire and forget tool. It takes a lot of very careful consideration and it will change your approach to where you put the camera so 3D isn't for everybody.” ForgetFireApproachToolsCamerasCarefulConsideration Author:Steven Spielberg
“I'm a visual filmmaker so the camera is a big part of my storytelling tool and it's something that I really rely on to tell a scene or create the suspense that I need and create the emotion of a scene or a sequence.” NeedsBigsEmotionSceneToolsCamerasStorytellingSuspenseFilmmakerRelyVisualsSequence Author:James Wan
“I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.” TwoUseJesusTechnologyBloodShotsToolsCamerasSonyBlood Of Jesus Author:Spike Lee
“The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.” ArtistPerfectMissingThousandToolsCamerasMagnificentLiteralGreat Artist Book:The Bookman's Wake Source: The Bookman's Wake
“I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.” UnderstandingResultsPhotographyToolsCamerasPhotographerCommunicateChosenUnderstanding Life Author:David Hurn
“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
“The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.” IfsArtArtistToolsCamerasViolin Author:Brett Weston