It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.

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

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term - meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching - there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events, light itself, and the positive it is a personal expression based on observation and reaction, that I am not able to define except in terms of the work itself.

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!