Ansel Adams

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and read more

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express read more

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

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

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

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. read more

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.