Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective.

It's nothing but a matter of seeing, thinking, and interest. That's what makes a good photograph. And then rejecting anything that would be bad for the picture. The wrong light, the wrong background, time and so on. Just don't do it, not matter how beautiful the subject is.

Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record.

The camera can push the new medium to its limits - and beyond. It is there - in the "beyond" - that the imaginative photographer will compete with the imaginative painter. Painting must return to the natural world from time to time for renewal of the artistic vision. The key sector of renewal of vision today is the new vistas revealed by science. Here photography, which is not only art but science also, stands on the firmest ground.

As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish... This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers.

The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition.

Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth.