Years ago - in the 70s, for about a decade - I carried a camera every place I went. And I shot a lot of pictures that were still life and landscape, using available light.

I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans.

There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I draw from all of them. You're supposed to steal from the good ones.

For me it's all about personal vision; is there something about a subject that uniquely speaks to me.

A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies... literally... and develop your own film and make prints.

How many times have we come away from an argument wishing we had said and done something different?

I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer.