QOTD 10/31/2009

This is the Final Quote - Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water. - Oscar Wilde

QOTD 10/30/2009

Photograph people in color, you are photographing their clothes. Photograph them in B&W, you photograph their souls. Ted Grant

QOTD 10/29/2009

When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it. Jean-Luc Godard

QOTD 10/28/2009

A snap shot is a two-dimensional piece of paper. A photograph is a three-dimensional work of art. Tedric A. Garrison

QOTD 10/27/2009

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. Robert Frank

QOTD 10/26/2009

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. Yousuf Karsh

QOTD 10/25/2009

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. Stephen Wright

QOTD 10/24/2009

Anything more than 500 yds from the car just isn't photogenic. Brett Weston

QOTD 10/23/2009

Just remember my best side is my right side—my far right side. Ronald Reagan

QOTD 10/22/2009

When you buy a 1/4" drill bit, what you really need is a 1/4" hole. Clients don't need photographers, they need photographs. Bill Westheimer

QOTD 10/21/2009

In a still photograph you basically have two variables, WHERE you stand and WHEN you press the shutter. That’s all you have. Henry Wessel

QOTD 10/20/2009

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. Andy Warhol

QOTD 10/19/2009

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. John W. Tukey

QOTD 10/18/2009

Photography is a love affair with life. Burk Uzzle

QOTD 10/17/2009

God makes the pictures I just take 'em. Ed H. Urqhardt

QOTD 10/16/2009

I have gradually confused photography with life. Jerry Uelsmann

QOTD 10/15/2009

The two most engaging powers of [a photographer] are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. W. Thackeray

QOTD 10/14/2009

...amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just take pictures... Vernon Trent

QOTD 10/13/2009

Don’t tell me about the pictures you didn’t get. Just show me the good ones you got. Edward K. Thompson

QOTD 10/12/2009

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well. John Szarkowski

QOTD 10/11/2009

It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about. John Szarkowski

QOTD 10/010/2009

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it. Edward Steichen

QOTD 10/09/2009

...to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude. Susan Sontag

QOTD 10/08/2009

I have a camera and I’m not afraid to use it. Michael Schuhmann

QOTD 10/07/2009

…a photograph gives us the naked truth, which has to be clothed by the imagination. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

QOTD 10/06/2009

To photograph a thing is to appropriate the thing photographed. Susan Sontag

QOTD 10/05/2009

...painting is something you do. You make a painting. You don’t make a photograph. You see a photograph. Jurgen Schadeberg

QOTD 10/04/2009

Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving? Charles Sheeler

QOTD 10/03/2009

The photographer should suffer, not the audience. Daniel Rubinstein

QOTD 10/02/2009

Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it. Walter Sickert

QOTD 10/01/2009

To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark. Dominic Rouse

QOTD 9/30/2009

Colour is everything, black and white is more. Dominic Rouse

QOTD 9/29/2009

If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff. Jim Richardson

QOTD 9/28/2009

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts. Sir Joshua Reynolds

QOTD 9/27/2009

I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph. Man Ray

QOTD 9/26/2009

I like photographers—you don’t ask questions. Ronald Reagan

QOTD 9/25/2009

Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest. Lisette Model

QoTD 9/24/2009

Don't shoot until you feel it in your gut. Lisette Model

QOTD 9/23/2009

Photography is the art of being able to see the world one moment at a time, and still being able to make sense of it all. Jason Raddin

QOTD 9/22/2009

A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever. Raghu Rai

QOTD 9/21/2009

If light and sight work out in an interesting way, then its a photography... Moses Oliver

POTD 9/19/2009 Shaylee

A fun day in the sun with Shaylee and Kayla. Nice smile.

QOTD 9/20/2009

A photograph contains, the stolen part of the reality. Moses Oliver

POTD 9/18/2009 Mushrooms

Odd, but wonderful. Mushroom popping up everywhere after a week of rain.

QOTD 9/19/2009

Every picture I take is like a diary entry. Gilles Peress

QOTD 9/18/2009

The only thing that gets in the way of a really good photograph ... is the camera. Norman Parkinson

QOTD 9/17/2009

Let the pictures do the talking! Ken Oosterbroek

POTW 9/15/2009 Caity Randall

The rain stopped and the clouds parted. We were finally able to capture Caity's senior photos at Grapevine Springs Park and in our studio.

QOTD 9/16/2009

Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at. Ruth Orkin

QOTD 9/15/2009

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures. Helmut Newton

QOTD 9/14/2009

The portrait I do best is of the person I know best. Nadar

QOTD 9/13/2009

The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image. Anne Geddes

QOTD 9/12/2009 - bonus

I thought I made a (photographic) mistake once but it turned out it was a creative moment. Scott Fleming

QOTD 9/12/2009

There are no minor leagues in photography. Your pictures are either as good as the greats, or not. Period. Priscilla Ferguson-Forthman

QOTD 9/11/2009

When your mouth drops open, click the shutter. Harold Feinstein

QOTD 9/10/2009

Before you shoot an irrestible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for a camera to record. A. Feininger

QOTD 9/9/2009

Photography: so many attempts - so few masterpieces. James Elliott

QOTD 9/8/2009

Fear... keeps thousands of pictures from passing through the lens. John Dunia

QOTD 9/7/2009

The "Truth" is you have too many cameras and you don’t take enough photographs. Kyle Cassidy

QOTD 9/6/2009

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. Yousuf Karsh

QOTD 9/5/2009

If you just click the shutter, you are stealing from reality ! I can’t be a thief ! I must create ! Barbara Morgan

QOTD 9/4/2009

I'm not opposed to words, of course...But the great pictures really don't much need them. They speak all by themselves. - Bryan Moss

QOTD 9/3/2009

I managed to stop (for a fraction of a second) this eternally fleeting life and show the image to others. Ryszard Kapuscinski

QOTD 9/2/2009

It doesn't matter if you take a great picture if no one knows what it's about. Carl Mydans

QOTD 9/1/2009

Our pictures are our footprints. It’s the best way to tell people we were here. Joe McNally

QOTD 8/31/2009

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. Susan Meiselas

QOTD 8/30/2009

The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photograph of herself. Elizabeth Metcalf

QOTD 8/29/2009

Generally speaking, I'm not one to adovcate photographic rules, but I do think it helps to take off the lens cap. Catherine Jo Morgan

QOTD 8/28/2009

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. Annie Leibovitz

QOTD 8/27/2009

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. The Apostle Paul-1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)

QOTD 8/26/2009

I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn. Pablo Picasso

QOTD 8/25/2009

If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. Robert Capa

QOTD 8/24/2009

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field. Rick Steves

QOTD 8/23/2009

Kodak sold film, but they didn't advertise film. They advertised memories. Theodore Levitt

QOTD 8/22/2009

The model has to give you the moment. It's not you making it. They give it to you and you capture it. Peter Lindberg

QOTD 8/21/2009

Teachers don't work in the summer, and photographers don't shoot in in the middle of the day. John Loengard

QOTD 8/20/2009

If a photograph stirs the emotions in at least one person, that makes it art. This includes the person who clicked the shutter. Henrik Lundh

QOTD 8/19/2009

Photography is one big scrapbook of your life. Lisa Jones

QOTD 8/18/2009

Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'. Ernst Haas

QOTD 8/17/2009

The art of looking at pictures can only be properly acquired by constantly looking at pictures. S D Jouhar

QOTD 8/16/09

Nothing's ever the same twice because everything's always gone forever, yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities. MichaelKenna

QOTD 8/15/09

Wow, what a lot of picture for a very small click! Peter Kervarec

QOTD 8/14/2009

Photographers spend years trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours. James Lalropui Keivom

QOTD 8/13/2009

Many people ask why I am always carrying my cameras, or ask me why I am taking pictures. I often ask, "Why do you eat?" James Lalropui Keivom

QOTD 8/12/2009

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman. Patrick Kavanagh-THIS POST DOES NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF TGS PHOTOGRAPHY

QOTD 8/11/2009

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Gandhi

QOTD 8/10/2009

A camera is a 'save' button for the mind's eye. - Roger Kingston

QOTD 8/9/2009

Carrying a camera on vacation pretty much guarantees you won't see anything worth shooting. Bob Krist

QOTD 7/31/2009

A photo is a collision between a person with a camera & reality. The photo is typically as interesting as the collision is. Charles Harbutt

QOTD 7/29/2009

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. Harold Evans

QOTD 7/28/2009

My native language is Dutch, my second is photography. Lieve Blanckaer

QOTD 7/27/2009

The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE. Ernst Haas

QOTD 7/26/2009

Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between. Karl Heiner

QOTD 7/25/2009

[Photography] I'm only in it for the exposure. - Eric Hands

QOTD 7/24/2009

Good photos are like good jokes. If you have to explain them, they aren't that good. Anonymous

QOTD 7/23/2009

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. Imogen Cunningham

QOTD 7/22/2009

Photography is one percent talent and ninety-nine percent moving furniture. Arnold Newman

QOTD 7/21/2009

All photographs lie, therefore all photographers are liars. Monte H. Gerlach

QOTD 7/20/2009

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. Lewis Wickes Hine

QOTD 7/18/2009

Remember ... light is your crayon, and there's always another color in the box. Tedric A. Garrison.

QOTD 7/17/2009

You can't reproduce nature with a photograph or a painting. You can only honour it. Andy Greaves

QOTD 7/16/2009

Challenge your viewers’ intellect and sensitivities. When people love it or people hate it, THEN you know that it works. Joe DiMaggio

QOTD 7/15/2009

Unless a picture shocks, it is nothing. - Marcel Duchamp

POTW 7/14/2009

Got a chance to help a friend out by photographing his landscape projects. I was happy with the results and have taken the final product to a realtor friend to see if there is a market out there.

QOTD 7/14/2009

Photographs arrest time and it is a good thing because time is a criminal. Melanie Einzig

QOTD 7/13/2009

The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘"That’s nice." It’s the kiss of death. Joe DiMaggio

QOTD 7/12/2009

Photography is the beauty of life, captured. Tara Chisholm (Todd-I thought my trademark was original, guess not.)

QOTD 7/11/2009

In a photograph a person’s eyes tell much, sometimes they tell all. Alfred Eisenstaedt

QOTD 7/10/2009

If it hasn't been photographed, it doesn't really exist. Elliott Erwitt

QOTD 7/9/2009

Beauty is in the eye of the checkbook holder. Dean Collins

QOTD 7/8/2009

A painter works with color as the medium, a photographer works with light. Carlotta M. Corpron

POTW 7/7/2009

Wesley told me this was the best picture she has ever had made of herself. For a dad and a photographer, it doesn't get much better than that.

QOTD 7/7/2009

To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul. Andri Cauldwell

QOTD 7/6/2009

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. Henri Cartier-Bresson

QOTD 6/26/2009

Photography. The best cure for a bad memory. John E. Burkowski (Todd-Last quote for a few days as I will be living out the Gospel in Peru for the next week.)

QOTD 6/25/2009

Satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different. David Burnett

QOTD 6/24/2009

Photography is not a bad past-time for people who can't paint. Sydney Cabbie

QOTD 6/23/2009

Photographs are like wine, they get better with age. John E. Burkowski

POTW 6/22/2009

Having a little fun after capturing some traditional headshots with Whitney and mom Rhonda.

QOTD 6/22/2009

Free is the one light source given by a window which faces north. It's a painterly light that any face comes alive in. Garry Camp Burdick

QOTD 6/21/2009

What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us. Peg Bracken

QOTD 6/19/2009

The moment you realize you are not photographing a subject but are photographing light is when you have control over the medium.  Daryl Benson

QOTD 6/18/2009

Most things in life are moments of pleasure & a lifetime of embarrassment; photos are a moment of embarrassment & a lifetime of pleasure. TonyBenn

POTW 6/18/2009

          Shot between 8am and 9:30am at Old Town Grapevine and Grapevine Springs Park.  The Rountree boys were on there best behavior, mugging it up for the camera.  The promise of a trip to Yogurtville (not Yogurtland) may have had something to do with it.  Happy Father's Day Mark.  

QOTD 6/17/2009

A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.  Roland Barthes

QOTD 6/16/2009

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... photoshop  Tyra Banks

QOTD 6/15/2009

Quit trying to find beautiful objects to photograph. Find the ordinary objects so you can transform them by photographing them. Morley Baer

QOTD 6/14/2009

Either one captures the moment at the perfect time, or not.  And if not, it is lost forever.  Michael Britt

QOTD 6/12/2009

Jesus would have been one of the best photographers that ever existed. He was always looking at the beauty of people souls. Francis Bacon

QOTD 6/11/2009

Jesus was constantly making pictures of God in people's life by looking at their souls and exposing them to his light. Francis Bacon

QOTD 6/10/2009

I do not believe that the average person wants a 'map' of his face - I believe he wants to be idealized. - Louis Fabian Bachrach

QOTD 6/7/2009

All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.  Richard Avedon

POTW 6/8/2009

Shot midday under the George Bush Tollway using supplemental off camera flash thru a diffused, high right.  Interesting yet simple background. 

QOTD 6/6/2009

Point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. No photo editor can crop you from the picture. KenAuletta

QOTD 6/5/2009

A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent.  Eugene Atget

QOTD 6/4/2009

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have the film (memory card in the digital age). Anonymous

QOTD 6/3/2009

When people say photography is not art what they actually mean is THEIR photography is not art. - Anonymous

QOTD 6/2/2009

Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget. - Anonymous

QOTD 6/1/2009

Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photo looks perishable we say "Gee I'm glad I have that moment." John Loengard

Quote of the Day

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.  Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Photo of the Week-6/1/2009

Shot at Old Town Grapevine at 8:30am on a Saturday morning in May, the sun provided back lighting, a silver reflector illuminated her face, and the box car ladder made for a perfect backdrop.  (click on the photo above for a larger image.)

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Seniors 2010

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That's our ultimate goal, capturing those moments in time before they have passed. Portraiture, art and performance, seniors, or weddings.  We are ready to help.  

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