That's True, Because I'm A Photographer Now.

Boston Was A Great City To Grow Up In, And It Probably Still Is. We Were Surrounded By Two Very Important Elements: Academia And The Arts. I Was Surrounded By Theater, Music, Dance, Museums. And I Learned How To Sail On The Charles River. So I Had A Great Childhood In Boston. It Was Wonderful.

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.

Most Of My Images Have Been Done In-studio, Under Very Controlled Lighting Conditions. There Have Been A Few That Have Shot In Nature, But Even Then They Were Shot Almost Exclusively At Night, And Again, Under Controlled Lighting Conditions.

Essentially, In Photography, I Think On Two Levels: One Emotional And The Other Technical. The Emotional Impact Has To Do With Looking For Something Dramatic Happening In The Photograph, Something That Reaches Out And Touches Somebody In Some Way. And The Technical Is Having To Do With Composition And Framing - Light And Dark, Light And Shadow.

Find Out What It Is That Touches You Most Deeply. Pursue It, Learn About It, Explore It, Expand On It. Live With It And Nurture It.