shoot first think later

Here's another shot I took recently with my point & shoot Lumix. Only other piece of equipment required was a small portable tripod which I carry everywhere in my bag.

In the days of film, you had to think before you made a shot like this. And you hoped that one of the exposures will be right on when the film came back from the lab. With today's digital camera, you shoot first on impulse, and then evaluate what you got on that LCD screen. 90% of the time you say "WOW!" while feeling a bit awkward since the point and shoot gave you a perfect exposure, and did all the thinking better than you could have. But why fight it? It gives us the advantage of taking better pictures than ever before.