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How Many Times Have We Come Away From An Argument Wishing We Had Said And Done Something Different?

Years Ago - In The 70s, For About A Decade - I Carried A Camera Every Place I Went. And I Shot A Lot Of Pictures That Were Still Life And Landscape, Using Available Light.

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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.

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.