You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke.
Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.
The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
Photography is a very important part of my life.
The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
Painting and writing are solitary arts.
But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.
In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.
I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
You have to understand the nature of light.
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