Once, while out making observations for his work, he was "momentarily scared out of his wits" when he stepped into a two-meter-deep empty grave in a cemetery. On another occasion, he had the awkward experience of "trying to keep from being hit by a crowd of excited demonstrators while standing among them shooting photos."
為了觀察取材，他曾經在墓園裡掉落兩公尺深的空墓穴、驚嚇得「腦筋霎時一片空白」，也有過「混跡在狂熱的示威群眾中、偷偷舉著相機又很怕被揍」的尷尬經驗。