Photographic maxims and sayings?

[cyrus]

Can you give me some examples of photographic maxims or sayings?

"F/8 and be there!"

"Expose for shadows, develop for highlights"

"The best lens is a good tripod"

etc. etc.?

Any more?

[CG]

Sunny sixteen.

If it isn't a hundred yards from the road it isn't photogenic.

[Mark Sawyer]

"There's nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy idea."

"There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."

"Tri-X? We don't need no stinking Tri-X!"

[cyrus]

"There's nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy idea."

"There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth."

OK - let me add: no quotes about / by photographers used endlessly on mugs and teeshirts.

[Daniel_Buck]

Here's my favorite one! Not sure who this quote is from, but I've always loved it!

"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but foot prints."

[Leonard Metcalf]

"The best zoom lens is your legs."

"Get in close"

"What is the subject?"

"When you see a photographic opportunity take the photograph, rather than put it off for another time."

"When the weather is bad, go out there and capture it."

"Any camera is better than no camera."

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

"I do not want to choose between a wood-field and a metal-monorail, I take both"
"I do not want to choose between a Schneider and a Rodenstock, I take both"

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

About reciprocity failure :
"the more you expose, the less you expose"

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

"The most useful lab accessory for the demanding photographer is a trash-bin".

[Joe Lipka]

Can you give me some examples of photographic maxims or sayings?

"F/8 and be there!"

This is the large format forum, buddy.

It's "f/64 and be there an hour early."