Professional Photographer Quotes

I think not being a professional photographer was actually a blessing, because it allowed me to shoot things professional photographers wouldn't shoot, or wouldn't try or attempt to shoot without lights. So I did all my stuff natural and without lights.

I am a professional photographer by trade and an amateur photographer by vocation.

If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture.

Theres no such thing as Flickr Pro because today, with cameras as pervasive as they are, theres no such thing, really, as professional photographers when theres everything thats professional photographers. Certainly theres varying levels of skills but we didnt want to have a Flickr Pro anymore. We wanted everyone to have professional quality photo space and sharing.

The difference between an amateur and a professional photographer is that the amateur thinks the camera does the work. And they treat the camera with a certain amount of reverence. It is all about the kind of lens you choose, the kind of film stock you use… exactly the sort of perfection of the camera. Whereas, the professional the real professional – treats the camera with unutterable disdain. They pick up the camera and sling it aside. Because they know it’s the eye and the brain that count, not the mechanism that gets between them and the subject that counts.

When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from the council estate into our own house and for the first time in my life, I had a little spare money.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

There's nothing worse than a brilliant beginning.

I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.

If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.

When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh work. Also, it's very stimulating to be around non-professional photographers. They're the ones with the purest flame burning about their photography. I appreciate that.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.

Thus, during the winter of 2003 I ventured into a new arena as a professional photographer.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.