Week 1 Quote Response

“Thinking should be done beforehand and afterwards - never while actually taking a photograph. Success depends on the extent of ones general culture, on one’s set of values, one’s clarity of mind and vivacity” Henri Cartier Bresson

I really believe this statement. Think about it, if you were to think about the picture while you are actually taking it, then you would totally miss what you wanted to say with the photo or you may have missed the true mood of the photo. I believe it is important to take the time to decipher what's important and what's not so you can communicate successfully to your audience. Also, your culture and your values are an important part of you. They make you who you are. If you stay true to them then they will shine through whatever you do. If not, then you may be saying something through your photos that you don't really believe.

“Pointing a camera at a live event is not journalism. Journalism is sifting the wheat from the chaff and selecting what to include and what to exclude and put things into some sort of perspective” Ted Koppel

If you are trying to tell some sort of story through photography then you can't just go around taking random pictures and putting them together in some random order. It has to make sense to the audience and have some sort of meaning to them. Give them something to relate to or something that they can feel that they are a part of. If you can make them feel connected with it in some way then I think it is successful.