Aron Ralston Quotes

When taking a photo, I tend to look for one of the following: depth, symmetry, color or contrast. All of those things catch my eye to the point where I stop dead in my tracks to capture whatever it is that I've seen.

When I look at green trees on a sunny day, I don't know how to make an interesting picture of that.

Expensive gear helps for night shots, but I wouldn't recommend beginners overspend on a camera.

There was a camera club at Columbia, where I was taking a painting course. And when I went down, somebody showed me how to use the stuff. That's all. I haven't done anything else since then, It was as simple as that. I fell into the business.

You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

The camera's a ballpoint pen, an imbecile; it's not worth anything if you don't have anything to say.

...my camera is my friend, and I take it everywhere.

The main reason I went to digital was because I got time-lapse, video, and still images all in one camera. Having a minimal amount of gear is really important for someone who wants to walk around. That allowed me to have this flexibility to document things in different ways.

I just got this new camera. It's very advanced - you don't even need it.

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

There is something about this process, and about the whole 8 x 10 [camera] business, that takes it out of the arena of the snapshot, even though, of course, I'm always desperate for that feeling. I wanted those family pictures to look effortless. I wanted them to look like snapshots. And some of them did.

Cameras intrigued me.

The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.

A camera is wild in just about anybody's hands, therefore one must set limits. But cameras have a life of their own. Cameras care nothing about cults or isms. They are indifferent mechanical eyes, ready to devour anything in sight. They are lenses of the unlimited reproduction.

I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender!

I usually bring a point and shoot with me so I can go out on the weekends and shoot a bit. I used to bring more cameras, but I'm also an Ebay nut so sometimes I'll order something if I'm really pining for it when I'm on location.

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

The camera's dumb, it don't [sic] care who's pushing the button. It doesn't know.

There are photographic fanatics, just as there are religious fanatics. They buy a so-called candid camera there is no such thing: it’s the photographer who has to be candid, not the camera.

Similar thing until today, with digital cameras you look after something like that as robust as they can be.

My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.