Two weeks after one such presentation, upper-ranking officers were still abuzz about the suggestions from those thirtysomething attendees. Frew was exuberant about the responses from senior officers. But more important than whether or not those suggestions will be implemented, Frew says, is the dialogue that they have created. The course gave the thirtysomethings permission to say to their superiors what would otherwise never have been permitted. Uzzell offered this advice on finding a new angle on problems.
Preparation lays the groundwork for magic.
The sun's location makes an enormous difference. I wanted to shoot a truck in the distance, silhouetted by a setting sun. It took me years to find a location that had a long enough line of sight. Then I had less than two minutes from the time the sun entered the frame of my lens to when it left. The result was spectacular, but it was no accident.