Today, I'm Very Careful Not To Mention

My First Thought Is Always Of Light.

When The Light Is Right And Everything Is Working For Me, I Feel As Tense As When Making A Difficult Maneuver High On A Mountain. A Minute - And Sometimes Mere Seconds - Can Make The Difference Between A Superb Image And A Mundane One.

A Lot Of People Think That When You Have Grand Scenery, Such As You Have In Yosemite, That Photography Must Be Easy.

My Interest In Photography Did Not Begin With Books Or Mentors, Or With Any Burning Desire To See The World Through A Camera. It Evolved From An Intense Devotion To Mountains And Wilderness That Eventually Shaped All The Parts Of My Life And Brought Them Together.

The Most Interesting Parts Of The Natural World Are The Edges, Places Where Ocean Meets Land, Meadow Meets Forest, Timberline Touches The Heights.