My many students over the years around the world, who have been and continue to be the source of great inspiration and motivation; my friend Wes Anderson, who taught me how to let go of my stodgy old ways; Mira Nair, who encouraged me to mentor a new generation of East African filmmakers and offer camera craft workshops in far flung places; Carlin Reagan and Dennis McGonagle, the gentle disciplinarians at Focal Press, who exercised almost godlike patience waiting for this manuscript; Donald Lampasome, Don Milano, Tim Kolb, Jason Osder, and Jack James, who offered thoughtful suggestions and advice during the review process; Doug Leighton from Panasonic in the United States and the amazing and charming Janet Lam from Panasonic Singapore, who put up with me through thick and thin and provided me with endless favors; Tom Di Nome at Sony, who supported me more than was perhaps wise or prudent; Wayne Schulman from Manfrotto, who bent over backwards to fulfill my oddest requests; Fujinon’s Dave Waddell, who never tired of my questions about lenses; the inimitable Karla Berry, my BFF and the finest film instructor and laugher in the Western World; Driss Benyaklef and Anadil Hossain, my partners in crime who know more about how the movie business really works than anyone; Simone Sultana, my indefatigable collaborator and source of boundless energy in London, Bangladesh, and elsewhere; Lee Bobker at Vision Associates, who gave me my first professional assignment 35 years ago shooting soybean fields; Ira Tiffen, whose vast knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for photography I try to emulate; Sid Platt, my friend and mentor at National Geographic who placed his faith in me as a young inexperienced shooter and sent me to Poland, the Amazon, the North Pole, and other weird places; Ben and Zoe, my fabulous son and daughter, who so graciously posed for dozens of pictures and illustrations; and Debbie, Karen, and my many friends, who’ve had to put up with me and my difficult ways, and who in their own fashions and expressions of love encouraged me to write this book.