Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.

You see shape, and how the light hits things, how the color changes from one end of the photo to the other, and how movement affects the mood of the photo.

The composition is already there, you just need to crop it

If you're just going to meet consumer or clients' demands, you might as well be a plumber - the work will be more frequently available.

When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.

I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.