"Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being. . . .
Good seeing begins with careful observation of what's around you. . . .
Many nature subjects are most effective when you photograph them as they are, with special attention only to the camera position. It's seeing and evaluating the subject matter on its own merits that matters. . . .
When is a fern not a fern? Any time you remove its label! . . . [B]y continually changing camera position, focus, and depth of field, you will stop looking -- and begin to see -- shapes and patterns you hadn't thought possible. . . . [A]voiding preconceived ideas . . . by deliberately exploring. . . ."
pp. 12-14
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