You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.

It's always around. You just don't see it.

If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.

Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.

Color really doesn't have interaction if it's full of colors. It's the interaction or relationship among or between colors that makes a color image. This usually happens with a few colors, not a glut of them.

Gesture is not always action.

What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'