You've probably heard some of the 'rules' for taking photos - things like, keep the sun behind you when taking pictures and check the background to make sure the telephone pole (or tree) isn't sticking out of someone's head. In this post, I wanted to give you a couple of other ideas and thoughts that I've been thinking about.

Alfred Eisenstaedt, a pioneer photojournalist and one of the original staff photographers for Life Magazine, (and other photographers since) have practiced the skill that's come to be known as "f 8 and be there." Often the best photos are taken when you're around the action and ready with your camera set to f 8. With today's auto-everything, programmable, multifunctional units, this could mean simply aim the phone and shoot. In other words, if you see it -.. TAKE the PICTURE. Like snowflakes and fingerprints, each photo-opportunity is a unique, never-to-be-duplicated event.

Along those lines, when driving, every once in a while, I'll see something spectacular, that I think I should stop and photograph, but I'm on a mission and can't. The thought runs through my head, I'll come back sometime when I have more time. We'll, it DOESN'T WORK. I've tried it many times. The light (or something) is not the same. Returning to try and re-see what was spectacular is like the snowflake in summer -.. it's just not there. So, many of my best images remain remembrances of stops not made.

Oh, be careful if you're going to pull a U-turn !! Enjoy the summer !!

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