Pictures You Have Taken Have An Influence

"it Is Light That Reveals, Light That Obscures, Light That Communicates. It Is Light I "listen" To. The Light Late In The Day Has A Distinct Quality, As It Fades Toward The Darkness Of Evening. After Sunset There Is A Gentle Leaving Of The Light, The Air Begins To Still, And A Quiet Descends. I See Magic In The Quiet Light Of Dusk. I Feel Quiet, Yet Intense Energy In The Natural Elements Of Our Habitat. A Sense Of Magic Prevails. A Sense Of Mystery. It Is A Time For Contemplation, For Listening - A Time For Making Photographs. "

To Me, Photography Is 90% A Retrospective Experience. There's The Part Of Pursuing The Image, And Exposing The Film, But Once You Make The Exposure, You're Always Looking Backwards In Time. I Like That Aspect Of Photography.

I've Found Even After Nearly 30 Years Of Doing This, There Are All Kinds Of New Surprises That Rear Their Heads At Various Times And I Truly Believe That 51% Of The Images, Success Takes Place In The Darkroom.

Whatever It Takes To Get The Image To Reach That Level Is What That Photographer Needs To Do. And For Me, I Just Have Such A Love Of The Tactile And Sensuous Quality Of A Black And White Silver Gelatin Print.

You Can Also See Sometimes That The Best Pictures Are The Ones Where You Didn't Try So Hard, Where You Were Just Enjoying The Process - And You Didn't Even Know Why You Were Making The Picture. It Felt Right. If Someone Asked, 'why Are You Making This Picture?' You Probably Couldn't Describe It Very Well - And That's Why It Needs To Be A Photograph.