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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Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others...

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others...

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;...

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...

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

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;...

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

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.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of...

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of...

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

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

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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...

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...

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their...

May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their...

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.