So, we spend a lot of time on such matters as reviews, Canon cameras, the search for a wide-lens camera, Indianapolis events like our Expo tomorrow, but today I’d like to take a moment to go a different direction. To address this field from a different view.

““The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.””

That’s a quote from the legendary Henri Cartier-Bresson. If you don’t know who that is, you really owe it to yourself–as a photographer–to look him up. That’s also my one favorite quote about photography. Coming from a background of painting and design, where you start with nothing and end with someting, I’ve always viewed photography as a medium more of recording and interpretation than one of creating. I think Cartier-Bresson’s quote captures that when he admits that the only time a photographer is an artist is when he decides to capture the moment.

So, your turn. What’s your favorite photo quote? Why? I’m going to follow this thread, so please leave your response in the comments and I’ll respond back.

This field is more than equipment, it’s what the equipment does. Let’s have a dialog about that for once.