We do...
...make pictures. We do a lot of other stuff too. We wake up, get our coffee, take a shower, get the kids to school, go to work. We do stuff we want to do, stuff we don't want to do. We also do nothing, and think about doing nothing. And we do pictures. A lot of the stuff we do is driven by clearly defined motivations -- wake-up, eat, work, sleep -- and sometimes picture-making is too, but not always. I have to convince you to buy the stuff I sell: make a picture. I have to convince you to vote for my guy: make a picture. I have to convince myself I'm having a good time: make a picture. I have to convince you I love you. When I teach photography, the goal is to put away the camera and slow up, slow down, draw out the motivations that drive us to make pictures. What do we want from this thing that we do? My favorite day is when we put our pictures on the board, step back, take a breath, and talk about the journey.