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title: "2 Takes Days Quotes By Fay Godwin"
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> [I don’t get wrapped up in technique and the like. I have a simple rule and that is to spend as much time in the location as possible. You can’t expect to take a definitive image in half an hour.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and-the-like-i-have-a-simple-rule/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/fay-godwin-27867_believe_i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and_2280193.jpg)

> [You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/you-can-t-expect-to-take-a-definitive-image-in-half-an-hour-it-takes/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/fay-godwin-27867_half_you-can-t-expect-to-take-a-definitive-im_2470009.png)

## More by Fay Godwin

> [After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/after-land-i-wanted-to-continue-exploring-the-theme-but-i-needed-a/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and-the-like/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/but-i-was-and-still-am-an-avid-reader-and-so-when-i-first-started-i/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-had-been-working-in-colour-for-ten-years-or-so-and-looked-at/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/it-was-1966-by-the-time-i-started-taking-pictures-seriously-and-books/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I had no aspirations to become a landscape photographer at all. In fact it was portraiture that was my beginning, I suppose. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-had-no-aspirations-to-become-a-landscape-photographer-at-all-in/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/born-berlin-1931-germany-father-a-british-diplomat-mother-an-american/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/the-viewer-must-bring-their-own-view-to-a-photograph/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/and-in-fact-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-definitive/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-ve-been-working-with-the-land-for-most-of-my-life-walking-it-and/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-hardly-teach-it-s-more-like-a-gathering-of-minds-looking-at-one/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I don’t get wrapped up in technique and the like. I have a simple rule and that is to spend as much time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and-the-like-i-have-a-simple-rule/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-have-always-been-a-very-keen-walker-though-and-i-often-took-a/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-m-not-faithful-to-one-particular-medium-and-it-s-what-i-try-to/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

> [You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/you-can-t-expect-to-take-a-definitive-image-in-half-an-hour-it-takes/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

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