
No doubt about it – I am a planner. I fuss over the tiniest details of a trip like a pastry chef over a royal wedding cake, enjoying every sweet second of preparation …

No doubt about it – I am a planner. I fuss over the tiniest details of a trip like a pastry chef over a royal wedding cake, enjoying every sweet second of preparation …

Melinda is a freelance travel writer and photographer, hopeful romantic, and daydream believer. When she's not exploring the world with her camera, she's busy imagining her next trip. Read More >>
"Put your camera around your neck. There it is: an appendage of the body that shares your life with you."
-Dorthea Lange
"To unpathed waters, undreamed shores."
-William Shakespeare
"Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow."
– Imogen Cunningham
“Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph”
– Andre Kertesz
"You have to educate yourself as a viewer by seeing more and more. The more you see, the more you understand."
- Jennifer Bartlett
"The only thing emanating from my pictures should be emotion."
-Picasso
"You can expand your reality by developing new ways of perceiving."
- Wynn Bullock
"Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death."
-Berenice Abbott
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
-Ansel Adams
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
–Dorthea Lange
"To look at a thing is very different from seeing it."
- Oscar Wilde
"Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field."
- Peter Adams
"Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick."
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
"When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph."
-Annie Leibovitz
Unless specifically mentioned, all images on this blog are © Melinda Eliza Sabo. That said, please feel free to pin my images to Pinerest with reckless abandon, but do mention me by name. Likewise, feel free to use my images for non-commercial use so long as you provide me with the image credit. For all other inquiries (or just to say hi), contact me at GlobalSnapshot@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Melinda Eliza
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