Don't overthink things in front of you. I fit moves you, shoot it. If it's fun, shoot it. If you've never seen it before, shoot it.

If you're just going to meet consumer or clients' demands, you might as well be a plumber - the work will be more frequently available.

Since the background is as important as the subject, you mustn't let it default by chance. You must control not only vertical and horizontal, you must be aware of the depth of field (or lack of it) that you want in the background.

You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides.

If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.

If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.

There really isn't anything that you could call 'bad' color. It all has to do with the amount of color you use and in what context it appears.