Quotes from Joe McNally

Photography used to be not for the faint of heart. Its rigors would weed out the not-so-committed pretty quickly. You had to crank the f-stop ring yourself!

If you view your life as a piece of fabric or a tapestry, the photography is the stitching. It keeps everything together.

Always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.

Ansel Adams rattled around the Southwest with his battered truck and his view camera, which looked like a giant accordion with a lens attached to it.

I can't tell you how many pictures I've missed just 'cause I've been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.

Technology has eliminated the basement darkroom and the whole notion of photography as an intense labor of love for obsessives and replaced them with a sense of immediacy and instant gratification.

The most important piece of equipment in your bag is your attitude

I've been a big fan always of getting my camera in different places and trying to seek the unusual vantage point.

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