Professional Photographer Quotes

I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.

In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.'

Some people's photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that's fine. But that's not why I do them. I'm a gun for hire.

That's Becks. Always ready to offer a helping headshot.

After his hockey days, my dad became a photographer, and a really good one, at that. He used to shoot the Expos and Canadiens, and he'd give me five bucks to haul around his equipment during games. He never had to ask me twice to do it.

The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why.

I want to try out for Playmate actually. I talked to one of the photographers about doing test shots.

I like to choose the people I take photographs of, but when you make your living off it, you've got to take everybody.

I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is their camera. All their friends rave about what wonderful pictures they take. If they’re so good, why don’t they take pictures full—time, for a living, and make floor walking, chiropractics, etc., their hobby? But everyone wants to play it safe. They’re afraid to give up their pay checks and their security they might miss a meal.

I consider myself very lucky. I'm known for photographing celebrities, but, in a nutshell, my first love is photography.

I want to be the toughest photographer in the world.

I was obsessed from the moment I took my first photograph. I wanted to make photography my career.

My mother had taken me to photographer Paul Hesse, who used some of my pictures on magazine covers.

The only thing I hate are photo shoots. I just hate them. I don't know why I cannot stand them.