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.

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.

The last thing people want is a surprise, these days.

There are a lot of decisions to make, creatively. Now, with digital, you can really be the author of your own work. From the beginning to the end of the process, you control everything.

A photographer is responsible for creating a climate in which they can do their best work.

Magazines don't have enough confidence to have their own style, so they use a borrowed style. That is shocking to me, but your perception is very accurate. It's a way to be more commercially viable, but to me, that's not having a style, that's having a schtick.