Top quotes from great photographers

If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough. — Robert Capa

The photograph itself doesn’t interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. — Alfred Eisenstaedt

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. — Ansel Adams

Everyone will take one great picture, I’ve done better because I’ve taken two. — David Bailey

A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph. — Man Ray

Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures. — Don McCullin

All photography is propaganda. — Martin Parr

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words. — Elliott Erwitt

這是一個怎麼樣的網誌？ What is this blog?

我喜愛攝影，因為這是歌頌天父創造的最直接方式。攝影的內容不論是人物、動物、大自然、建築物或抽象的顏色和光暗，無一不是上帝直接或間接的創造。

網上已有數之不盡的攝影網誌，為甚麼還要再設一個？原因很簡單，我找不到百份百合自己心意的攝影網誌，不論中、英文也沒有，相信與我有相同要求的人很多，所以便自創一個中英雙語的攝影網誌，公諸同好。甚麼攝影網誌才算合心意呢？以下是我的要求：

• 要對攝影認真，像 Thom Hogan ，但本網誌不是 Thom Hogan，我不會像他一樣，寫相機指南或舉辦攝影班，也不會像他專寫單一牌子器材。
• 要喜愛攝影，而不是只喜愛攝影器材。正如 Ken Rockwell 所說，拍攝磚牆不是攝影；本網誌是寫給 "第七級" 的藝術家，或現仍在 "第五級" 、但有志晉升 "第七級" 的業餘攝影愛好者看的。
• 雖然不愛沉迷攝影器材，但仍然要關心攝影器材和軟件。我不會像 Dpreview 般，深入研究器材的性能。Dpreview 已做的詳盡測試，我不會重複，但我會分享我實際使用某些攝影器材和軟件後的體驗，好讓大家參考。

I love photography, one of the most straightforward ways to praise God. Every thing can become a subject of photography—people, animals, landscape, architecture, or even abstract colour and light, all being His creation, directly or otherwise.

There are tons of photography blogs around. Why should I add one more? Simply I fail to find one that suits me fine, so I try to create a bilingual one to fill the gap and share with my buddies. What would suit me fine? Here are a few requirements:

• I'm serious about photography, like Thom Hogan. But I am not trying to replicate his site here. I won't write camera guides or organize workshops, nor will I write about a single brand.
• I love photography, not photographic equipment. As Ken Rockwell says, only losers spend their time photographing brick walls. This blog is written for "the seventh level artists", or the "fifth level amateurs of pure spirit" who wish to transcend to the seventh level.
• Although I am not obsessive about photographic equipment and software, I am concerned about them. This blog is not Dpreview, where you will find meticulous tests that I won't do. I'll instead share my experience gained in the field.