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

Quote by Ansel Adams

Topics: God Quotes

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

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

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.

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

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

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce,...

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce,...

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while...

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while...

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

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

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

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...

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

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

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

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

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

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

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

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

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Those whom the gods love grow young.