Photography Aphorisms

Serious study Is necessary If you want progress To be made quickly.

Set your thinking free: Imagine what CAN be.

An open, relaxed mind Sees new possibilities.

Mastery Means consistency: Coming home with a good shot No matter what.

Which are your best pictures? Those you've not yet taken.

Discover your Inner Self Through your photos.

I take pictures To catch the world, Then show the world. I take pictures To express myself And further know myself.

I am accepting The challenges And overcoming All obstacles.

Artistic creation: Manifestation Of your vision.

May each photograph Be a clear expression Of your deepest feelings And highest vision.

A photo can help the world; A photo can change the world; A photo can save the world.

If you're content With mediocrity, That means you're dead Spiritually.

Take things from the everyday, But learn how you can portray In an extraordinary way.

Look in your mind: What do you find? A golden, glowing vision Needing you for its completion.

Inspiration is all around;. a good idea can dawn inside us at any time.

Yes, it is a crazy plan....... But then, I'm a crazy man! I know I shall get it done: Won't stop till the Goal is won!

The amount of satisfaction you derive from your photography is in direct proportion to the quantity of effort you put into it.

New cameras have got More technology within, But this can never replace The photographer's discipline.

As within, So without: Your pictures shall reveal The soul inside.

Remember the hammer: Nail those exposures!

Image-making: A way of thinking, Of seeing, Of feeling, Of being And becoming.

Powerful, effective, all-natural herb: BYTKOL (Burning Yearning To Keep On Learning)

If the light of the day Is dull, flat and grey, Then your photos Will also look that way!

Not the technical perfection But the aspiring consciousness Makes these photographs beautiful.

An ARTIST:        Articulates his personal reality;        Recognises possibilities;        Talks of the higher Truths;        Initiates action;        Strives constantly for perfect perfection;        Triumphs eventually and ultimately.