I have looked at a lot of art and artists over the years(and yet I've barely scratched the surface) and there is a photographer named Manuel Alvarez Bravo whose work I've only seen a handful of images, but what I've seen I've admired very much. Tonight as I was finishing toning a shoot I had earlier this year I found this frame which reminded me of his work. I remember shooting this picture with the lighting the way it was and thinking about Bravo--not exactly sure why, but it still reminds me of him looking at it now. I'll have to look more at his work again and see if I can take this little lesson and turn it into something I can consciously use in my work. It amazes me how much there is to learn in this life. I've been doing photography for over 25 years now and there are still hundreds of ways of making pictures I haven't even explored--thousands probably. What great thing it is to be making pictures! Photograph by Richard Sayer