> " It's a good job the 600mm f4's can be obtained so readily and cheap > then!" > - John Whittingham
Ahh the 'teleconverter crap' rant of mine, yes I remember it well, hehe :) John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:07:06 -0500 Subject: PDML quotations for 2004 > An annual tradition! > > "The best thing to do with rules is to learn them really well, and then > to learn how to break them even better." > - Tanya Mayer > > "If you act like a professional, people will treat you like one." > - Tom Van Veen > > "I shoot and sell photos full time, but I wouldn't call it a job. > It's more like self-unemployment. :-)" - Mark Cassino > > "Skill at anything takes study and practice. I have always wondered why > there are so many people who do not think that applies to photography." > - Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse > > "All the mathematics in the world won't change your mind when you're > happy with your images." > - Steve Desjardins > > "If you want to be a great artist you have to be at least borderline > insane" > - Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse > > "If you go to GFM, you'd better let me fondle it!" > - Tanya Mayer > > "If one is brought up to try and respect the world in which we > live, and make use of the marvels we have... but at the same time to > try and conserve things, to try and make better use, create less > waste, then a different approach is apparent. This is not age > related at all. This is awareness-related." - Cotty > > "You can never have enough monkeys." > - Bob Walkden > > "It hurts my eyes, but I still like it. Kinda like sex in yer old age." > - Bob Blakely > > "The number one rule in photography: You can't take a photograph without > a camera." > - Frank Theriault > > "The species (humans) has thrived with a Gaussian distribution of > gullibility so far." > - Bill "the Roadie" Carton (not a PDML member but an insightful guy > none the less!) > > "I once built a model of the Mission at San Luis Obispo out of sugar > cubes." > - Cotty > > "Most 'street photography' is itself pointless, exploitative, vacuous > crap masquerading as insight and concern, but hiding a boundless > vapidity. Its pompous, pseudo-profundity is chaff thrown out to hide > the true depths of its shallowness." - Bob Walkden > > "Very few photos are worth archiving anyway. It is human arrogance > that makes people think that their photos are worth the effort." > - William Robb > > "There are no promises that the human race is smart enough to understand > the universe" > - Steve Desjardins > > "Photography is something you can hold in your hand and say 'this really > sucks'" > - William Robb > > " It's a good job the 600mm f4's can be obtained so readily and cheap > then!" > - John Whittingham > > "The 'street photography' thing has created the most clich�-filled body > of garbage in photography. Shoot someone poor and you suddenly made a > social statement. Give me a break!... Give me a sunset any day. It > doesn't pretend anything." > - P�l Jensen > > "Clients paid me to make things work, not whine about how it's too > hard, or too inconvenient." - William Robb > > "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." > - William G. McAdoo (I have a feeling this isn't from a PDML member, > but it somehow found its way into my archives so I'm including it.) > > "Good pornography can be art. Bad pornography can still be interesting." > - William Robb > > "Sometimes angles choose themselves. We're just there with a camera..." > - Frank Theriault > > "I think lens wipes is the one area Kodak will continue to dominate." > - Tom Van Veen > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com ------- End of Original Message -------
