I hate to say it because I think people are risk averse these days more than ever. Before they even pick up the phone, they know what the picture's going to be. So there's a certain comfort in that, a certain security that they can lay out the cover of the magazine and kind of know what it's going to be.

People aren't hiring just a picture, they're hiring someone they can work with. That plays a big role .

I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now.

Digital held no romance for me at all. I hated it. I miss my big cameras. The working process, I miss it.

Shoot what you can't help but shoot

Normally I do all my own post work. It's not that I do it better than anyone else, I just do it my way. I make decisions. People who print at labs are probably far better printers, but they won't make my decisions mid-process. I don't want to be out of the loop. I want to be a photographer and do all of it.

The picture I was hoping for is never the picture I get, but yeah, I think they fail all the time. Fortunately my clients don't think they do, so I can continue to have a career. But I just look at them and think.