Capturing Motion Quotes

I do go very fast. I think if I don't go fast it's going to be boring. That's what photographers need to do.

I live in Hawaii part time and love shooting the ocean, both long exposures that capture the movement of water and with a fast shutter speed to freeze the power and force of a wave.

People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else.

To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

I loved photography but was frustrated by the limitations of cameras. When trying to take a picture of a friend's young, active daughter using my DSLR, it was impossible to capture the fleeting moments.

I think the first photograph I did was a ballplayer. It was a way of showing action or something.

Being called a dance photographer makes me bristle. You might say that dance is my landscape. The root of my interest is movement or, rather, how movement can be interpreted photographically, and dance provides a perfect opportunity for this.

I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.

The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

Photography is a demanding action sport. The light can change so quickly. I often find myself sprinting so that I can catch the perfect light falling on a photogenic subject.