I don't shoot many corporate or commercial jobs, but when you do, you had better have someone helping who has done it before.

Digital makes it so much easier. No bricks of film, no worrying about airport X-rays, etc.

My modus operandi after working for a decade as a self-funding freelancer, was to spend as little money as possible to get the job done, even if it was on someone else's nickel.

I sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.

Hot air balloons are terrific to shoot from, although they have become very expensive, as has most lodging and food in the Napa Valley.

I fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living.

I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have gotten a job teaching grade school kids how to photograph their relatives, but knowing about B&W photo processing and developing and how to shoot a picture story is good basic info that every photographer should have.