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I Don’t Use An Exposure Meter. My Personal Advice Is: Spend The Money You Would Put Into Such An Instrument For Film. Buy Yards Of Film, Miles Of It. Buy All The Film You Can Get Your Hands On. And Then Experiment With It.that Is The Only Way To Be Successful In Photography. Test, Try, Experiment, Feel Your Way Along. It Is The Experience, Not Technique, Which Counts In Camera Work First Of All. If You Get The Feel Of Photography, You Can Take Fifteen Pictures While One Of Your Opponents Is Trying Out His Exposure Meter.

When I Photographed Marilyn Monroe, I Mixed Up My Cameras - One Had Black-and-white Film, The Other Color. I Took Many Pictures. Only Two Color Ones Came Out All Right. My Favorite Picture Of Marilyn Hangs Always On The Wall In My Office. It Was Taken On The Little Patio Of Her Hollywood House.

With Photography, Everything Is In The Eye And These Days I Feel Young Photographers Are Missing The Point A Bit. People Always Ask About Cameras But It Doesn't Matter What Camera You Have. You Can Have The Most Modern Camera In The World But If You Don't Have An Eye, The Camera Is Worthless. Young People Know More About Modern Cameras And Lighting Than I Do. When I Started Out In Photography I Didn't Own An Exposure Meter - I Couldn't , They Didn't Exist! I Had To Guess.

The Most Important Thing... Is Not Clicking The Shutter... It Is Clicking With The Subject.

Today's Photographers Think Differently. Many Can't See Real Light Anymore. They Think Only In Terms Of Strobe - Sure, It All Looks Beautiful But It's Not Really Seeing. If You Have The Eyes To See It, The Nuances Of Light Are Already There On The Subject's Face. If Your Thinking Is Confined To Strobe Light Sources, Your Palette Becomes Very Mean - Which Is The Reason I Photograph Only In Available Light.