QUOTE COMPETITION for POTN Book III

[cfpackerfan]

As the Book Team is working hard on the project, we would like to announce the Quote Competition. Quotes will be placed on the Share introduction pages.

We are doing it a little different this year. We will only be using quotes from forum members. Quotes from famous people will not appear in the quotes poll.


Please submit your favorite quotes in this thread. The competition is open for 2 weeks. After that time we will put up a poll for the quotes to be voted on.

Please use the following format for submitting your quotes.

Quote - member's name that made the statement.
Like this:

You know I can't spell just sound it out. ~ Jamie Holladay




Happy quoting!

[rrdjserv@earthlink.net]

Never settle for a fast women when you can have a fast lens. ~ Richard D. Cox

Photography is for the birds. ~ Richard D. Cox

Don't go through life without a purpose. Focus! ~ Richard D. Cox

Hunt with a camera, not with a gun. ~ Richard D. Cox


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[Reyno]

If you have a camera .... shoot it. ~ Reyno

[eddarr]

On the plus side, most prison cells are a neutral grey and perfect for metering. SlowBlink

[Jamie Holladay]

What stands between you and greatness sits between your ears, not in your camera bag. ~ John Thawley

[ghud321]

The L stands for Large pockets. ~ Geoff Hudson

[yltan]

"Painting with Light" ~ YLTan

[yltan]

"A camera in Hand is better than 10 cameras at home in a cabinet" ~ YL Tan

[JWright]

"My goal in life is to extend adolescence beyond all previous limits." ~ 20droger

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." ~ Unknown

[-g-]

I take pictures of people I do not know. - The Hoff

[Guineh]

The unskilled can take terrible images with the best camera and lenses money can buy. A master can take the best images with a cheap disposable pocket camera. ~Guineh

[Guineh]

Ansel Adams didn't use Photoshop and a state-of-the-art camera. ~Guineh

[Guineh]

Back up your photos. Computers are mean data devouring beasts and can strike at any moment ~Guineh

[gary88]

What in the world is this about two modes - LightRules

[Perry Ge]

What in the world is this about two modes - LightRules

:lol::lol::lol: DEFINITELY put that one in! :lol:

[Harm]

"Yup, that is why i am slower than a limping sloth to go and buy another lens..." ~ Harm

[LightRules]

I politely request to be left out of this thread :confused:

[Jamie Holladay]

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~ mattograph

[Nortelbert]

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~ mattograph

Actually, that's from Jack Handey on "Saturday Night Live" ... does that still count?

:cool:

[Jamie Holladay]

Actually, that's from Jack Handey on "Saturday Night Live" ... does that still count?

:cool:
Hmmmm maybe not. I just say it in his sig.

[Nortelbert]

I say new rule: you can't quote yourself

[airfrogusmc]

Ansel Adams didn't use Photoshop and a state-of-the-art camera. ~Guineh
Yeah but he did use the zone system ;).

[airfrogusmc]

A good photograph, like a good painting, speaks with a loud voice and demands time and attention if it is to be fully perceived. An art lover is perfectly willing to hang a painting on a wall for years on end, but ask him to study a single photograph for ten unbroken minutes and he’ll think it’s a waste of time. Staying power is difficult to build into a photograph. Mostly, it takes content. A good photograph can penetrate the subconscious – but only if it is allowed to speak for however much time it needs to get there. - Raplh Gibson

[monoprint]

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. —Ansel Adams

[gixxer]

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. —Ansel Adams

We will only be using quotes from forum members. Quotes from famous people will not appear in the quotes poll.

I don't think Ansel is a forum member. ;)

[Guineh]

I don't think Ansel is a forum member. ;)

:lol: Ansel posted here?

[-g-]

My desire to have full frame overwhelmed my desire to have the money. - form (in the 5D thread)

[Perry Ge]

My desire to have full frame overwhelmed my desire to have the money. - form (in the 5D thread)

+1, that was a great one :lol:.

[OiPaz]

Yeah but he did use the zone system ;).
And not only that (which was the state of the art of post processing for his times), but he DID use state of the art cameras (large formats, Hasselblads...). He even worked together with Hasselblad to further improve their cameras!
What a photo-geek he was, indeed! :)

[JWright]

"If things get better with age, then I must be near perfect..." ~ JWright

[-g-]

Using a '1' series for the first time is kinda like getting a date with Angelina Jolie, nothing will ever be the same again... Mick Finn in the 1DSII admirer's thread. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=7257004&postcount=1038)

[Harm]

"Gumbo, it's just a combination of your title, JWright - Grumpy and Obnoxious" ~ Harm

[neil_r]

As with most thing "Gear Related" it produces far more noise on forums than it does on prints.....

By me ;-)

[John Thawley]

"If you're not deleting, you're not trying hard enough." ~ John Thawley

[Robuk]

"I see that one GREAT shot, all the time. One day I might have my camera with me" Robuk

[Guineh]

"I am not quotable" ~ Guineh

[Travisj]

I have no idea wtf you're talking about. I think you're pixel-peeping too much and need bitch-slapped.~ Cdifoto

[Jamie Holladay]

Life Lesson #21-Cameras are just tools...Unfortunately, many of their operators are too. ~ woolbur

[cfpackerfan]

"Photography is no more about cameras then mathematics is about calculators" ~ Z

PiRho (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/member.php?u=127292)

[airbutchie]

"I don't take pictures... I capture life one frame at a time..." ~ airbutchie

[-g-]

When the closest thing to a person in your photo gallery is a cat, I would not attempt a wedding as the only photographer. - The Hoff here. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=658755#post7485033)

[Guineh]

When the closest thing to a person in your photo gallery is a cat, I would not attempt a wedding as the only photographer. - The Hoff here. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=658755#post7485033)

Oh, yeah ... that definitely needs to be in the book!

[gary88]

I got a good laugh out of perry describing the 70-300 IS :)

No full time manual is bull**** - when it hunts, it hunts through a whole range like a mofo - and you just lose shots when that happens. Its bokeh sucks too. Sucks hard.

[Perry Ge]

^ :p

The nominate the greatest exchange I have ever seen on POTN:

Lense was my maiden name. :D

I'm sorry but you spelled your maiden name wrong.

[-g-]

^ :p

The nominate the greatest exchange I have ever seen on POTN:

Perry, you might want to check your English... :p

[Perry Ge]

Perry, you might want to check your English... :p

What, didn't you get the memo? "The" means "I" now.

Or, alternatively, I'm a dumbass.

[tonylong]

Hmmm...

"I'm a dumbass" -- perryge

How could I resist:)?

[Perry Ge]

Wow I don't know which is worse, the book or the fairy? :confused::lol:

[tonylong]

Wow I don't know which is worse, the book or the fairy? :confused::lol:

Well, add friends who like to have fun with you, roll 'em up and let 'er buck!

[Perry Ge]

Well, add friends who like to have fun with you, roll 'em up and let 'er buck!

:D

Tony, have you realized that people on this forum view you as a hawk, and me as a giant pink bunny? It still gets me every single time when someone calls me "bunny" or something.

[-g-]

Tony, have you realized that people on this forum view you as a hawk, and me as a giant pink bunny? It still gets me every single time when someone calls me "bunny" or something.

So, what are they saying about me?

[Perry Ge]

So, what are they saying about me?

Due to the forum's censorship policy, it would just come out as a bunch of *s :p.

[-g-]

Due to the forum's censorship policy, it would just come out as a bunch of *s :p.

Gee, I thought it'd be something about being well read... :)

[Perry Ge]

Gee, I thought it'd be something about being well read... :)

You know, your user name is an anagram of "Dong Me".

[tonylong]

OMG, just listening to you guys talk, you are constantly creating quotes for yourselves:)!

[tonylong]

And, Perry, as soon as you let us know that your avatar is definitely not a self portrait, I've always reminded myself..."Perry is not a bunny...Perry is not a bunny":)!

[Perry Ge]

I guarantee you that I am not, in fact, a bunny.

[-g-]

I guarantee you that I am not, in fact, a bunny.

But you are pink, right? :p

[-g-]

You know, your user name is an anagram of "Dong Me".

You have too much free time. :) Get to school!

[Perry Ge]

But you are pink, right? :p
NO! :P :P :P
You have too much free time. :) Get to school!
:lol: Dude I can see the department from my balcony, as if that's not bad enough. My research supervisor is probably spying on me with a 600 f/4 (lol) from his office thinking "why aren't you working Perry?"

[FlyingPhotog]

And, Perry, as soon as you let us know that your avatar is definitely not a self portrait, I've always reminded myself..."Perry is not a bunny...Perry is not a bunny":)!

Nor is he a band geek (I hope...) :p

[Perry Ge]

Nor is he a band geek (I hope...) :p

No, no I am not :p. Does the prosecution have any further questions? :lol:

[Perry Ge]

GOLD.

The FForce is strong with this one.

5D.

[FlyingPhotog]

No, no I am not :p. Does the prosecution have any further questions? :lol:

I think I'll rest my case now. I feel a possible Mod-induced mistrial coming at any moment...

"If the quotes don't fit .. You must aquit!"

[Perry Ge]

I think I'll rest my case now. I feel a possible Mod-induced mistrial coming at any moment...

Nah the mods are too lazy for that :lol:.

[Guineh]

No, no I am not :p. Does the prosecution have any further questions? :lol:

What about "Does the persecution have any further questions?"

And, it may shock you to know: I am not actually a guinea pig. :lol:

[-g-]

I'm a badass pink bunny with shades and a drum. perryge here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=659816).

[Perry Ge]

I guess the answer is to suck it and see...
:lol::lol::lol:

[FlyingPhotog]

"It is hard to get mad at a street photographer when they are grinning like a bumpkin."
- The Hoff

[FlyingPhotog]

Allow me to add another gem:

Quoting "Poloman" on learning the art of monitor calibration:

"...you are at the edge of embarking on an informative and complex educational journey."

[JWright]

"I would rather be flogged with a cat-'o-nine-tails (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Cat-o%27-nine-tails_%28PSF%29.jpg) than shoot another wedding." ~ JWright

[Guineh]

^^^ bw!