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

It is so much better to get the right exposure than to have to mess around later with Photoshop.

Pre-planning is essential. Research, research, research. If you are going to do a portrait, know as much as you can about the person beforehand. The web makes this very easy.

With the Internet, you can get lots of info in advance, but a local person who knows how to work the system is invaluable.

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

The 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.

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

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.

Everyone thinks it would be great to work for National Geographic. So did I.

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.

Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

Love in the rain is better than hate in the sunshine.

You're a rare breed, Richard d'Alencon."She didn't know the half of it.Unable to resist, he dipped his head and touched his lips to hers in a gentle caress.Her breath caught.Lightning struck.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

I'm always surprised to see the way "friends" will twist things or trash people behind their backs.

I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.

The most wonderful gift one human being can give to another, is in some way, to make that person's life a little bit better to live.

I love treason but hate a traitor.

We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can usually make for ourselves.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.