Never allow the camera to block life's exciting drama

Look around, smile. Observe the action. Then raise your camera.

Conversing with a friend's wife.

When I traveled to Northeast India a few years back, a friend asked me to teach her photography. I asked her to sit on a hillside with me for a few hours or next to a river and do nothing.

I should have predicted her indignant response.

'No, nothing?' she yelled.

'Yes,' I replied. 'Do nothing but observe. Silence your mind, …