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People Will Never Understand The Patience A Photographer Requires To Make A Great Photograph, All They See Is The End Result. I Can Stand In Front Of A Leaf With A Dew Drop, Or A Rain Drop, And Stay There For Ages Just Waiting For The Right Moment. Sure, People Think I'm Crazy, But Who Cares? I See More Than They Do!

It's Important To Understand It's Ok To Control The Subject. If Most Editorial Stories Were Photographed Just As They Are, Editors Would End Up Throwing Most In The Waste Basket. You Have To Work Hard At Making An Editorial Picture. You Need To Re-stage Things, Rearrange Things So That They Work For The Story, With Truth And Without Lying.

I Always Prefer Photographing In Available Light – Or Rembrandt-light I Like To Call It – So You Get The Natural Modulations Of The Face. It Makes A More Alive, Real, And Flattering Portrait.

Once The Amateur's Naive Approach And Humble Willingness To Learn Fades Away, The Creative Spirit Of Good Photography Dies With It. Every Professional Should Remain Always In His Heart An Amateur.

Today's Photographers Think Differently. Many Can't See Real Light Anymore. They Think Only In Terms Of Strobe - Sure, It All Looks Beautiful But It's Not Really Seeing. If You Have The Eyes To See It, The Nuances Of Light Are Already There On The Subject's Face. If Your Thinking Is Confined To Strobe Light Sources, Your Palette Becomes Very Mean - Which Is The Reason I Photograph Only In Available Light.