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.

Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

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.

There are rules about perception, but not about photography.

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

It's my obligation to take out all the 'wrong' pictures.

You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.