Do something you like that you feel is important. Don't worry about making money at it right away. If you try hard and long enough you will figure out a way to do it. Better to die happy than die rich.
Peter MenzelI sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.
Peter MenzelThe fact that a thirteen-year-old project still resonates and can still have a large exhibit with lots of newspaper, magazine and TV press shows the timelessness of the project.
Peter MenzelI fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living.
Peter MenzelRAW is very forgiving. I was photographing a farm woman in Ecuador cooking over a small fire and my fill flash didn't go off a few times. I was about to delete the RAW files but decided to play with the curves first because I like the composition. It turned out that the image, although underexposed by two stops, was better than the fill-flashed images because the fire was the only source of illumination and it looked more real.
Peter Menzel