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The Term Accessories Has Come To Include A Host Of Photographic Gadgets Of Questionable Value.

"simply Look With Perceptive Eyes At The World About You, And Trust To Your Own Reactions And Convictions. Ask Yourself: "does This Subject Move Me To Feel, Think And Dream? Can I Visualize A Print - My Own Personal Statement Of What I Feel And Want To Convey - From The Subject Before Me?""

No Man Has The Right To Dictate What Other Men Should Perceive, Create Or Produce, But All Should Be Encouraged To Reveal Themselves, Their Perceptions And Emotions, And To Build Confidence In The Creative Spirit.

Yosemite Valley, To Me, Is Always A Sunrise, A Glitter Of Green And Golden Wonder In A Vast Edifice Of Stone And Space. I Know Of No Sculpture, Painting Or Music That Exceeds The Compelling Spiritual Command Of The Soaring Shape Of Granite Cliff And Dome, Of Patina Of Light On Rock And Forest, And Of The Thunder And Whispering Of The Falling, Flowing Waters. At First The Colossal Aspect May Dominate; Then We Perceive And Respond To The Delicate And Persuasive Complex Of Nature.

The Next Time You Pick Up A Camera Think Of It Not As An Inflexible And Automated Robot, But As A Flexible Instrument Which You Must Understand To Properly Use. An Electronic And Optical Miracle Creates Nothing On Its Own! Whatever Beauty And Excitement It Can Represent Exist In Your Mind And Spirit To Begin With.