it’s not a normal life the life of a National Geographic photographer any way
National Geographic photographer any way
National Geographic photographer any way you cut it I mean everybody thinks oh
you cut it I mean everybody thinks oh
you cut it I mean everybody thinks oh it’s just the perfect job and in some
it’s just the perfect job and in some
it’s just the perfect job and in some ways the one side of the corn looks very
ways the one side of the corn looks very
ways the one side of the corn looks very shiny unattractive and right we turn it
shiny unattractive and right we turn it
shiny unattractive and right we turn it over and there’s like stuff underneath
over and there’s like stuff underneath
over and there’s like stuff underneath it deal with you have to care
it deal with you have to care
it deal with you have to care you really have to care it sounds simple
you really have to care it sounds simple
you really have to care it sounds simple Brett well I even get emotional
Brett well I even get emotional
Brett well I even get emotional sometimes my daughter but you cannot do
sometimes my daughter but you cannot do
sometimes my daughter but you cannot do superior work if you’re indifferent how
superior work if you’re indifferent how
superior work if you’re indifferent how are you gonna go yeah you’ve got to care
are you gonna go yeah you’ve got to care
are you gonna go yeah you’ve got to care doesn’t mean you have to love it you
doesn’t mean you have to love it you
doesn’t mean you have to love it you might hate it but there’s got to be some
might hate it but there’s got to be some
might hate it but there’s got to be some driving force there that’s gonna bring
driving force there that’s gonna bring
driving force there that’s gonna bring your work up to the level you want it to
your work up to the level you want it to
your work up to the level you want it to be that passions got to come from with
be that passions got to come from with
be that passions got to come from with them and I think it’s absolutely a
them and I think it’s absolutely a
them and I think it’s absolutely a necessity otherwise it’s just a job you
necessity otherwise it’s just a job you
necessity otherwise it’s just a job you can’t take this job and just put it over
can’t take this job and just put it over
can’t take this job and just put it over here on a shelf as the job and lay up
here on a shelf as the job and lay up
here on a shelf as the job and lay up all the other stuff I want to live right
all the other stuff I want to live right
all the other stuff I want to live right in the middle of my story if I just go
in the middle of my story if I just go
in the middle of my story if I just go out and walk through the story and
out and walk through the story and
out and walk through the story and respond to what I see at that moment I’m
respond to what I see at that moment I’m
respond to what I see at that moment I’m doing a Paris neighborhood well
doing a Paris neighborhood well
doing a Paris neighborhood well obviously I’m gonna live in that
obviously I’m gonna live in that
obviously I’m gonna live in that neighborhood I’m doing a bunch of
neighborhood I’m doing a bunch of
neighborhood I’m doing a bunch of Buckaroo is gonna I’m gonna be in there
Buckaroo is gonna I’m gonna be in there
Buckaroo is gonna I’m gonna be in there cow camp I want to be right in the
cow camp I want to be right in the
cow camp I want to be right in the middle of the story I want to hotel room
middle of the story I want to hotel room
middle of the story I want to hotel room if at all possible that I can maybe make
if at all possible that I can maybe make
if at all possible that I can maybe make a picture of first thing in the morning
a picture of first thing in the morning
a picture of first thing in the morning out my window or the last thing before I
out my window or the last thing before I
out my window or the last thing before I go to bed I’m very much indebted to
go to bed I’m very much indebted to
go to bed I’m very much indebted to serendipity you go out looking for
serendipity you go out looking for
serendipity you go out looking for something you find something that was so
something you find something that was so
something you find something that was so much better than you thought it was the
much better than you thought it was the
much better than you thought it was the difference between a good picture and
difference between a good picture and
difference between a good picture and I’m reading fine picture is very often a
I’m reading fine picture is very often a
I’m reading fine picture is very often a matter of inches of doing this doing
matter of inches of doing this doing
matter of inches of doing this doing this – its how you’re putting that space
this – its how you’re putting that space
this – its how you’re putting that space together and that’s where one sense of
together and that’s where one sense of
together and that’s where one sense of grace and balance come in it it’s how
grace and balance come in it it’s how
grace and balance come in it it’s how you see it’s the old Hemingway off
you see it’s the old Hemingway off
you see it’s the old Hemingway off switch you cut away and kind of way kind
switch you cut away and kind of way kind
switch you cut away and kind of way kind of way get rid of the stuff you don’t
of way get rid of the stuff you don’t
of way get rid of the stuff you don’t need you know it’s responsible for every
need you know it’s responsible for every
need you know it’s responsible for every little bit of that space within the
little bit of that space within the
little bit of that space within the picture but it’s intuitive I don’t sit
picture but it’s intuitive I don’t sit
picture but it’s intuitive I don’t sit there and consciously say won’t you know
there and consciously say won’t you know
there and consciously say won’t you know like the yelling over there I mean it’s
like the yelling over there I mean it’s
like the yelling over there I mean it’s you rap to it you know the lines the
you rap to it you know the lines the
you rap to it you know the lines the angles look away the light and shadows
angles look away the light and shadows
angles look away the light and shadows fall but it’s not complete so I have to
fall but it’s not complete so I have to
fall but it’s not complete so I have to wait for the completion you can’t get
wait for the completion you can’t get
wait for the completion you can’t get them all nobody gets them all very often
them all nobody gets them all very often
them all nobody gets them all very often I leave too soon and then I look over my
I leave too soon and then I look over my
I leave too soon and then I look over my shoulder and there it was you know
shoulder and there it was you know
shoulder and there it was you know hairless seeing that so that’s a joy
hairless seeing that so that’s a joy
hairless seeing that so that’s a joy that’s an absolute joy you’ll say
that’s an absolute joy you’ll say
that’s an absolute joy you’ll say doesn’t did your scene of that you
doesn’t did your scene of that you
doesn’t did your scene of that you didn’t get it but you saw it
didn’t get it but you saw it
didn’t get it but you saw it I mean how lucky can you be to live a
I mean how lucky can you be to live a
I mean how lucky can you be to live a life where you see so many wonderful
life where you see so many wonderful
life where you see so many wonderful things
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