The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.

Photography's like this baby that needs to be fed all the time. It's always hungry.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!