Akordshop Quotes & Sayings

WATCH THAT QCD POSITION! While I was writing this book, I hosted a lighting seminar for neophyte photographers using cameras of all breeds, and out of 30 photographers in two sessions, no fewer than four Canon shooters were having trouble setting the aperture when using the Manual exposure mode I was having them use while working with studio flash units. (Each of them rarely used Manual.) All four had accidentally set the QCD switch to Lock (if they were 7D owners) or to the On (only) position (if they were 50D or 40D users), disabling the Quick Control Dial. I expect that this happens more frequently than I suspected, so I'm calling it to your attention once more in these two sidebars. — David D. Busch

Woah, their gorgeous not so fast I haven't even catched your name or your number - Jaxson Evans — Brit Gosik

Setting goals is the first important step in achieving success in an activity. It's a reminder of what you are working towards. — Peter Vanderkaay

By thinking of things you could understand them. — James Joyce

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case. — Chuck Palahniuk

I swear I see what is better than to tell the best,
It is always to leave the best untold."
-from "A Song of the Rolling Earth — Walt Whitman

Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches ... — Charles Stross

Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental. — Sasha Grey

Friends are a wonderful thing. They won't make you feel like a nothing. — Justine Hail

What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories. — Diane Mott Davidson

The first step to loving yourself
begins with the words,
'I matter.'
You deserve to occupy space.
You deserve to stand up for yourself
and claim your right to happiness.
You deserve to be here,
just as much as
anyone else. — Tina Tran

We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated. — Joe Kraus

Jew me, sue me, everybody do me. — Michael Jackson