http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress Sun, 20 May 2012 20:14:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:43:33 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2298 Inspiring quotations from photographers and other artists.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-2/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-georgia-okeeffe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-georgia-okeeffe http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-georgia-okeeffe/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:05:54 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2287 An inspiring quotation from Georgia O'Keeffe]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-georgia-okeeffe/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-as-art/dewitt-jones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dewitt-jones http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-as-art/dewitt-jones/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:04:21 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=1721 I was reading an article by Dewitt Jones in the latest Outdoor Photographer last night.  I always enjoy reading him; he is so positive and full of enthusiasm.  The title of the article was Don’t Prove…Improve!  He was recounting his experience when he got hired on as a National Geographic Photographer.  Dewitt was a little [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-as-art/dewitt-jones/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-sir-edmund-hillary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-sir-edmund-hillary http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-sir-edmund-hillary/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:19:59 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=1437 I was just an enthusiastic mountaineer of modest abilities who was willing to work quite hard and had the necessary imagination and determination.  I was just an average bloke.  It was the media that tried to transform me into a heroic figure.  But I’ve learned through the years, as long as you don’t believe all [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-sir-edmund-hillary/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-john-sexton-2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton-2/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:26:22 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2009/12/13/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton-2/ Whether in the classical darkroom or the digital darkroom, I think alterations to the image should only be made when it’s necessary to achieve your visualization about the photograph.  I have particular concern for photographers that approach image making with the cavalier attitude of ,”it really doesn’t matter… I can fix it in Photoshop!”]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton-2/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-john-sexton http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:20:31 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2009/12/11/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton/ I have never had a great deal of interest in the grand landscape.  I am more strongly attracted to quieter, more intimate details of the natural environment.  I can only hope that the quite solitude that interests me is visible in some of my  images.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-john-sexton/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quote/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quote http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quote/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:43:36 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2009/11/22/inspiring-quote/ Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. ~ Colen Powell]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quote/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-ernst-haas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-ernst-haas http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-ernst-haas/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:45:51 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2009/10/09/inspiring-quotes-ernst-haas/ “I am not interested in shooting new things – I am interested to see things new.” ~Ernst Haas Click here to see Ralph’s photography. Click here to view upcoming photography workshops. Join us on Facebook – become a fan.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/quotes/inspiring-quotes-ernst-haas/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-william-h-johnson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-william-h-johnson http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-william-h-johnson/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:19:17 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=187 When I start out for a day, I usually have something in mind, but I don’t fixate on it.  Finding subject matter is the process of narrowing down the possibilities.  I’m always open to whatever nature provides me.  I can be driving in the middle of nowhere and see something that attracts my eye, something [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-william-h-johnson/feed/ 1 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-bill-jay-and-david-hurn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiring-quotes-bill-jay-and-david-hurn http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-bill-jay-and-david-hurn/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:48:51 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=153 …, it is our contention that the self is more emphatically emphasized by ignoring it and concentrating on the [subject] itself.  Personal knowledge is gained by objectification, looking outward not inward. Life itself is the mirror in which the personal image is reflected.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/inspiring-quotes-bill-jay-and-david-hurn/feed/ 0