In the early 1970's while studying with Ansel Adams I learned his technique called pre-visualization. A process of making sketches of images that had come to mind on a sketchpad and then going into the field to make them become a reality. The interesting thing is, when I would go into the field to make the photograph, the resulting image always turned out better than I ever even dreamed of in the sketch. There was always a feeling of it being some kind of mystical experience.