hepcat
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Rules don't make photos boring. Photographers make photos boring.
The 10 Rules of Street Photography
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Rules don't make photos boring. Photographers make photos boring.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
Rule #11.
Never have camera while romping under the sheets...lens mount may snap.
Never have camera while romping under the sheets...lens mount may snap.
daveleo
what?
Addy101
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You just did :bang:
Scrambler
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This seems a bit OTT for Street Photography rules ... did you read it as SHEET photography rules?
😛
nightfly
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Sparrow
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mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
I don't think "Kat"rina is boring at all. But you probably need to click through the photo to understand why...
...Mike
jsrockit
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Sejanus.Aelianus
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Yup! Bored now...
airfrogusmc
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"There are no shortcuts, no rules." - Paul Strand
"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants." - Arnold Newman
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
"And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you're either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs." - Duane Michals
"Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!" - Bill Brandt
"I came from the outside, the rules of photography didn't interest me."- William Klein
"I used to think you could learn how to be a photographer by learning the rules of composition and how to use a camera. Now I think just the opposite: if you have to learn rules, then it's already too late." - John Rosenthal
"Somehow 'purists' have confused photography with some sort of a bizarre competition that comes with an undefined set of rules that mandates that photographs be produced by a photographer looking through the lens and tripping the shutter, when in fact intellect, logic and service to viewers demands that ultimately the only thing that matters is producing the image you want to represent your vision." - Bill Frakes
"The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment." - Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
"...there are no external or abstract or preconceived rules of design that can apply to still photographs."-Garry Winogrand
"When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches." - Edward Weston
And maybe my favorite
"Then so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing." - Edward Weston
"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants." - Arnold Newman
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
"And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you're either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs." - Duane Michals
"Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!" - Bill Brandt
"I came from the outside, the rules of photography didn't interest me."- William Klein
"I used to think you could learn how to be a photographer by learning the rules of composition and how to use a camera. Now I think just the opposite: if you have to learn rules, then it's already too late." - John Rosenthal
"Somehow 'purists' have confused photography with some sort of a bizarre competition that comes with an undefined set of rules that mandates that photographs be produced by a photographer looking through the lens and tripping the shutter, when in fact intellect, logic and service to viewers demands that ultimately the only thing that matters is producing the image you want to represent your vision." - Bill Frakes
"The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment." - Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
"...there are no external or abstract or preconceived rules of design that can apply to still photographs."-Garry Winogrand
"When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches." - Edward Weston
And maybe my favorite
"Then so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing." - Edward Weston
Sparrow
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"People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first" ... Benjamin Franklin
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
Sejanus.Aelianus
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Yep, me too...
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