A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy.

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The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to...

The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to...

These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.

These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.

There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if...

There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if...

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not...

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not...

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense...

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense...

My first thought is always of light.

My first thought is always of light.

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever...

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever...

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just...

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just...

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked...

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked...

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and...

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and...

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs...

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs...

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic...

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic...

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen...

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen...

One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real...

One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real...

Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of...

Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of...

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on...

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on...

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my...

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my...

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what...

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what...

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it...

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it...