Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
I concentrate on the southern African subcontinent.
In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.
Courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation.
I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.
I carry a notebook full of sketches of pictures I want to take - they are really scruffy sketches, but at least I am going out there with a clear objective.