Hot air balloons are terrific to shoot from, although they have become very expensive, as has most lodging and food in the Napa Valley.

It is so much better to get the right exposure than to have to mess around later with Photoshop.

Pre-planning is essential. Research, research, research. If you are going to do a portrait, know as much as you can about the person beforehand. The web makes this very easy.

With the Internet, you can get lots of info in advance, but a local person who knows how to work the system is invaluable.

I fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living.

The fact that a thirteen-year-old project still resonates and can still have a large exhibit with lots of newspaper, magazine and TV press shows the timelessness of the project.

I don't shoot many corporate or commercial jobs, but when you do, you had better have someone helping who has done it before.

My modus operandi after working for a decade as a self-funding freelancer, was to spend as little money as possible to get the job done, even if it was on someone else's nickel.

Everyone thinks it would be great to work for National Geographic. So did I.

The summer of 1966, I hitch-hiked alone for two months all over Europe instead of working on a farm in Spain. It was a big game to see how much I could see on $400. This got me hooked on traveling.

Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave, ” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.

Kids have parents. Let the parents be responsible for the kids.

The female perspective is what I relate to and I understand it. I find it fascinating. I like to see women in challenging situations and see how they deal with it or don't deal with it.

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one single word: God.

So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.

There's nothing glamorous about war at all.

It feels good to be awake, knowing others are asleep. Makes you feel like the night is not for everyone, just a chosen few.

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.