Jason Youn > Quotes

“Ansel Adams said, “Twelve significant photographs in one year is a good crop.”
― Jason Youn, Jason Youn's 99c Photography Guide

“I found that I was good at instructing people on how to use their own shiny new cameras. All those numbers and settings mean something, and if you can learn how and why to use them, you will be a better photographer. Beyond that there are some simple rules of art that humanity has spend the last 3,000 years or so mastering. I didn’t invent these rules but I can tell you what they are, and if you can keep them in your mind as you shoot, you will be a better photographer.”
― Jason Youn, Jason Youn's 99c Photography Guide

“Using a camera is both a science and an art, left brain and right, and it’s mentally and physically taxing.”
― Jason Youn, Jason Youn's 99c Photography Guide

“Years ago, I earned a pilot’s license. Right after my check ride an old pilot named Roy came up to me and congratulated me. Roy has tens of thousands of hours in the sky and in 2004 he was inducted into the hall of fame at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. He is literally a living legend, so his words bear a certain weight. He said one thing that has stuck with me: “Now you have a license to learn.”
― Jason Youn, Jason Youn's 99c Photography Guide

“photographer. This is why I embarked upon this book. Anyone”
― Jason Youn, Jason Youn's 99c Photography Guide