Light is information

First and foremost, light is the medium of our choice. The camera is the tool that allows us to wield light. Photography is simply drawing with light. If you consider light as information, we have new information, new stimuli, always changing, always moving, consistently painting our canvas, the world, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Even in the early mornings, when I walk before the sun rises, the moon reflects light from the sun, providing me with the faintest amount of light possible, but nonetheless, there is still light, even in the night. Maybe the only place a photographer should not dwell is within caves—places where there is the absence of light, in darkness, lacking information. This is why I believe a photographer should be outside as much as humanly possible. The more time you spend outside, the more opportunities you have to make photographs.

Also, consider light and the way that it changes throughout the hour, day, and year. You can visit the same location over and over again, and make a photograph of the same thing, from the same angle, but because of the way light changes, you can never make the same photograph twice.