Quotes About Photography

People know what I look like. I take photos on my own, and I don't edit them, so people know.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.

One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; later, that's what will be interesting to you.

There's more noise that comes with wearable computing, things that let us take pictures every 30 seconds as we walk around living our lives, and a huge number more photos per person will exist.

I go up to people and ask if I can use them in my photos. Occasionally it is the person in question, as happened with James Hewitt. How embarrassing. He just laughed and said, 'You can't afford me.'

I don't have a favorite photo. As a photographer, I have attachments to each image. Not the one photo: the experience of getting the photos is the challenge or the thing.

I set up playdates, and I'm a morning greeter for the car-pool line. I also make albums with the family photos. When the kids get older and go on their way, we'll have all those pictures to revel in.

Instagram is great for us because it's encouraging people to shoot more stuff. Some of those snappers will become professional, and they may choose to sell their photos through us.

Using the correct apps can completely change how your photos look. It's really exciting because once you've already taken a good photo, it can become 10 times better if you use the right combination of apps. My favorites are VSCO Cam, Afterlight, Facetune and SKRWT.

As a kid, I always looked up to supermodels, thinking about how amazing they are. I always wanted to be in photos.

By 2013, we had 200 million people using 'Instagram' every month and over 20 billion photos stored.

I can't go to sleep on a train anymore because people take photos of me. You know, dribbling. It's a bit embarrassing. I go to sleep with my collar up.

It never occurred to me that there were so many wonderful photos that had been orphaned and were out there in the world, waiting to be found. Over time, I found a lot of very strange pictures of kids, and I wanted to know who they were, what their stories were. Since the photos had no context, I decided I needed to make it up.

People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.

I own a Canon 20D, though I don't remember the last time I used it. Ever since the iPhone 4, I've been completely absorbed in taking photos from my mobile phone.

Really, we're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on 'Instagram'.

Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

It was a long time ago: I was 13, and my dad actually sent photos to two different agencies of all of my family, and I had no idea.

I'm always taking behind-the-scenes photos and stuff.

I'm kind of selective of the people that I take photos of. Like, I don't take pictures of just my friends, but I do like taking pictures of just some of my close mates, especially out in L.A.