I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.

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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 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...

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 like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that...

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that...

Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give...

Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the...

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.

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...

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 think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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...