Black and White,  Candid Portraits,  Documentary/Street,  quotes

Waiting at the bus stop

Waiting for the bus at the Transit Center

“Photography is a medium of formidable contradictions. It is both ridiculously easy and almost impossibly difficult. It is easy because its technical rudiments can readily be mastered by anyone with a few simple instructions. It is difficult because, while the artist working in any other medium begins with a blank surface and gradually brings his conception into being, the photographer is the only imagemaker who begins with the picture completed. His emotions, his knowledge, and his native talent are brought into focus and fixed beyond recall the moment the shutter of his camera has closed.” Edward Steichen

Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.

4 Comments

  • Faye

    An interesting quote, Monte. Painting and photography are as different as night and day, as the saying goes. A painting is whatever is in my head. The light, focus, and composition are spot on, if I know what I’m doing. 😉 For a photograph, I have to have the scene/object/person in front of me, in the right light and then compose the shot. The common thread between the two? Seeing. Have a good Friday, Monte.

  • Earl

    Couldn’t help but notice, everyone has their face “glued” to their smartphone, of course…an epidemic proportioned addiction. 🙁