“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

Explosion

1. “ You don’t take a photograph, you make it.* Ansel Adams
... that means hard work ...i'll try

2. “ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.* Henri Cartier-Bresson
...so that's my excuse (only the photos on flickr count, right ?)..no? ok ..then let's change it a bit 10,000 1 000 000

3. “ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.* Matt Hardy
... goal : improve photos' composition

4. “ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.*Elliott Erwitt
... i'll start that tomorrow

5. “ Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.* Imogen Cunningham
... it depends on whether i have an exam tomorrow or not

6. “ You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.* William Albert Allard
... so glasses ..check !

7. “ If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up. *Garry Winogrand
... hmmm...i'm not there yet

8. “ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good.* Anonymous
... this one is simple ..my photos are as simple as ABC ..and i don't mean the TV channel

9. “ Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a
good crop.*Ansel Adams

... at the end of this year, i hope i can say i have "made" 12 decent photographs and mean it !

10.“It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.*Timothy Allen
... never worried about that so i think it makes one out of ten; not bad, right?

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