Many People Who Excel Are Self-taught.

I Always Enjoyed Art History Because, Growing Up In California, My Exposure Was Limited, And It Was A New Experience. To Learn The History Of Art Opened Up Certain Things To Me, Made Me See. It Intrigued Me.

For Me, The Most Important Thing I Learned Was Just Honing My Eye. I Think I Had A Good Eye.

To Me It's Just Going For The Moment That Counts. Sometimes, I'll Have All The Elements There, And I Like To Play And Push Something, And To Me, In The End, You Do Achieve Things That You're Not Aware Of In The Beginning, Even Though You're There Trying To Get Them.

Coming From California And Growing Up Where I Did, I've Always Had A Fondness For And Innate Sensitivity To Light, Texture, And Warmth.

I'm Pretty Selective. I Generally Edit The Contact Sheets And Then Do Work Prints. Because I Have My Own Lab And Printers, I Can Afford The Luxury Of Going Through The Contact Sheets For Black-and-white, Making Up Work Prints, Seeing Them Big, And Honing Them Down.