Quotes on Landscape Photography

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.

You don't make a photograph just with a camera

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels...

I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.