Logic Is The Beginning Of Wisdom, Not

That's The Most Difficult Issue For Me - To Find A Subject That Holds My Interest Long Enough That I'm Prepared To Go To Work And Spend The Time And Energy To Shoot The Subject.

Making Photos Is Helpful Of Course To Master The Craft. To Get Comfortable With The Camera. Learn What A Camera Can Do And How To Use The Camera Successfully. Doing Exercises For Example If You Try To Find Out Things That The Camera Can Do That The Eye Cannot Do. So That You Have A Tool That Will Do What You Need To Be Done. But Then Once You Have Mastered The Craft The Most Important Thing Is To Determine Why You Want To Shoot Pictures And What You Want To Shoot Pictures Of. That's Where The Thematic Issue Comes To Life.

Which Is Probably The Reason Why I Work Exclusively In Black And White... To Highlight That Contrast.

I Love Comedy. I'm Not Known For Comedy, But I Love It. I've Done A Lot Of It, In My Lifetime. But Most People Are Surprised To Hear That I Made A Funny Movie.

There Are A Lot Of Photographers Who Have Influenced Me; Some Of The Great Ones, Like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, And [alfred] Stieglitz. I Draw From All Of Them. You're Supposed To Steal From The Good Ones.