Getting up way in advance of dawn is always a good idea. Nearly ninety-nine percent of the time when I have gotten up in the middle of the night for a shoot, something good always presents itself to offset the nagging tiredness and discomfort of losing sleep.

The summer of 1966, I hitch-hiked alone for two months all over Europe instead of working on a farm in Spain. It was a big game to see how much I could see on $400. This got me hooked on traveling.

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

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.

It is tough being patient when you are more than a half million dollars in debt.

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.