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

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.

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

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.

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.

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

There are some things you cannot explain to anyone, even whey they have been explained to you, over and over, almost since the day you were born.

It is a great shock at the age of 5 or 6 to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.

Know your strengths and take advantage of them.

Love is the answer, that everyone seeks...Love is the language, that every heart speaks.

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.

First and foremost, any business proposal I like must sound fun.

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.