During the next few years he travelled widely around the neighboring countryside in search of shots to satisfy his own creative interests and to submit to magazines and contests. "I was just trying to make a name for myself," he says, explaining that he needed to establish a reputation.
之後幾年間，他街頭巷尾、山區海濱四處獵影，為自己儲備一些「作品」，一方面滿足自己的「創作」慾望；一方面應付投稿與比賽，他說：「就算是打知名度罷！」以便在這行業中確立一個信譽基準。