by Otto | May 15, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“A portrait isn’t made in the camera but on either side of it.” — Gregory Heisler On either side of it. Before the shutter fires and after. The moment between — the actual technical act of photography — is almost the smallest part of a great portrait...
by Otto | May 13, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“I want to take pictures that people feel something from — that’s the whole point.” — David LaChapelle Not images that people admire. Not images that people recognize as technically strong. Images that people feel something from. There’s a...
by Otto | May 12, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“I didn’t have any interest in traditional glamour. I was more interested in the gritty, mundane reality.” — Cindy Sherman This will make some photographers defensive, which is usually a sign that it needs to be said. The most common portfolio...
by Otto | May 11, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it.” — Yousuf Karsh Karsh photographed Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Einstein, and Audrey Hepburn. He wasn’t photographing public personas. He...
by Otto | May 10, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“Light is everything in photography. Without it, there is nothing.” — Joe McNally Strip the metaphor down to its mechanics: light is what makes the subject visible. No light, no image. The subject could be extraordinary — the most beautiful person, the...
by Otto | May 9, 2026 | Quote of the Day
“You have to be yourself and take ownership of your work.” — Vivian Maier The tragic irony of Vivian Maier’s story is that she took ownership of her work in the most literal sense — she hoarded it, kept it private, never published — and in doing so,...
