Chapter 5. Covering All the Angles
Lens (mm): 18, ISO: 400, Aperture: 2.8, Shutter: 1/80, Program: Aperture Priority
A soldier unsuccessfully attempts to access the upper levels of a building by using a bombed-out staircase in Baqubah, Iraq.
“You must look at your photography career as if it were a ladder. Have high aspirations, but start small. You can’t leap from the ground and expect to hit the top rung. It’s a process that requires you take each step up the ladder, and as you climb upward you’ll gain more experience both visually and professionally.”
—Jimmy Colton, veteran photo editor of the Associated Press, Newsweek, Sipa Press, and
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