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

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

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not...

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a...

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a...

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 think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My first thought is always of light.

My first thought is always of light.

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...

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...