Today's photographers think differently. Many can't see real light anymore. They think only in terms of strobe - sure, it all looks beautiful but it's not really seeing. If you have the eyes to see it, the nuances of light are already there on the subject's face. If your thinking is confined to strobe light sources, your palette becomes very mean - which is the reason I photograph only in available light.
When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards of film, miles of it.… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
I don’t use an exposure meter. My personal advice is: Spend the money you would put into such an instrument for film. Buy yards of film, miles of it.…
People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of…
The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject.
Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It was early in this morning, and … - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It was early in this morning, and …
With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but… - Alfred Eisenstaedt
With photography, everything is in the eye and these days I feel young photographers are missing the point a bit. People always ask about cameras but…
When I photographed Marilyn Monroe, I mixed up my cameras - one had black-and-white film, the other color. I took many pictures. Only two color ones … - Alfred Eisenstaedt
When I photographed Marilyn Monroe, I mixed up my cameras - one had black-and-white film, the other color. I took many pictures. Only two color ones …
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing. - Alfred Eisenstaedt
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life – as necessary as eating or breathing.
I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being … - Alfred Eisenstaedt
I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being …
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