I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most important part of being a photographer. The actual shooting is of lesser importance.

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.

As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.

Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.

Light gesture and color of the key compliments of any photograph. Light and color are obvious, but it is just her that is the most important. There is gesture in everything. It's up to you to find a gesture that is most telling.

Pain is not a conduit to art or joy