I Find The Single Most Valuable Tool

It Had Rained On Some Vivid Green Ferns In Maine And It Was Quite Beautiful. I Was Moving The Camera Slightly And Studying The Ground Glass. Looking At Those 20 Square Inches, Trying To Find Out Just What Were The Right Elements To Include.

Today My Passion Is Still Black And White. Today If I Have An Array Of Cameras In Front Of Me The One I Would Reach For That I Would Feel Most Comfortable With Would Be A 4 X 5 View Camera. I Was Once Working In A Sort Of Soft Light Situation.

I Make Photographs And Still Make Photographs Of The Natural Environment. It's A Love Because That Was Part Of My Life Before I Was Involved In Photography.

So To Me It's Very Similar In Terms Of Trying To Distill Within The Image, Those Elements That Are Gonna Form, Hopefully, A Compelling Visual Statement.

And Then As I Frequently Do, Some Times I'll Peek Out From Underneath The Focusing Cloth And Just Look Around The Edges Of The Frame That I'm Not Seeing, See If There's Something That Should Be Adjusted In Terms Of Changing The Camera Position.