--- title: "1 Camera Really Quotes By Joe McNally" description: "1 Camera Really quotes by Joe McNally. Plus more from Joe McNally and more Camera Really sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/joe-mcnally-20875_camera_the-camera-s-not-a-camera-really-it-s-an_1794970.png" --- > [The camera’s not a camera, really. It’s an open door we need to walk through. It’s up to us to keep moving our feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/the-camera-s-not-a-camera-really-it-s-an-open-door-we-need-to-walk/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/joe-mcnally-20875_camera_the-camera-s-not-a-camera-really-it-s-an_1794970.png) ## More by Joe McNally > [We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/we-make-pictures-at-the-end-of-the-day-we-create-something/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [Seán Manchester is, unsurprisingly, very well read in both classical and more recent sources on vampires and vampirism, and cites them with great authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/se-n-manchester-is-unsurprisingly-very-well-read-in-both-classical/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [To me, pictures are about memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/to-me-pictures-are-about-memory/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [“I slid down in the seat and began to weep. I wept for her, for me, but mostly because the siren call of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/i-slid-down-in-the-seat-and-began-to-weep-i-wept-for-her-for-me-but/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [John Loengard, the picture editor at Life, always used to tell me, ”If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/john-loengard-the-picture-editor-at-life-always-used-to-tell-me-if/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [A career in photography is a journey without a destination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/a-career-in-photography-is-a-journey-without-a-destination/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/don-t-pack-up-your-camera-until-you-ve-left-the-location/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [Always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/always-remember-to-make-room-to-shoot-what-you-love-it-s-the-only-way/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [“When I was in school, I wanted to be W. Eugene Smith. He was a legendary staffer at Life, a consummate photojournalist, and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/when-i-was-in-school-i-wanted-to-be-w-eugene-smith-he-was-a-legendary/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [If you view your life as a piece of fabric or a tapestry, the photography is the stitching. It keeps everything together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/if-you-view-your-life-as-a-piece-of-fabric-or-a-tapestry-the/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/no-matter-how-much-crap-you-gotta-plow-through-to-stay-alive-as-a/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [Ansel Adams rattled around the Southwest with his battered truck and his view camera, which looked like a giant accordion with a lens attached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/ansel-adams-rattled-around-the-southwest-with-his-battered-truck-and/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [“Jay Maisel always says to bring your camera, ‘cause it’s tough to take a picture without it. Pursuant to the above aforementioned piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/jay-maisel-always-says-to-bring-your-camera-cause-it-s-tough-to-take/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen to what you have to say because you’re not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/a-professor-i-had-in-college-used-to-tell-me-that-if-someone-won-t/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) > [I've been a big fan always of getting my camera in different places and trying to seek the unusual vantage point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mcnally/i-ve-been-a-big-fan-always-of-getting-my-camera-in-different-places/) [Joe McNally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mcnally/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera-really/joe-mcnally/#itemlist", "name": "1 Camera Really Quotes By Joe McNally", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The camera’s not a camera, really. 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