In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that…

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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities...

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities...

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder...

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on...

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense,...

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense,...

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal...

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the...

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...