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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 309607" data-attributes="member: 17556">I tend to do both.&nbsp; I usually know what I want to shoot, at least as to the subject, and I usually know the location I am headed too.&nbsp; What I do not know always is the conditions I will be shooting in.I attempt to get a general reading of the light when I get where I am going and try to be close but things change throughout the day.I do not like to &quot;spray and pray&quot; but I have done it.&nbsp; I find that if I&nbsp; do use that method almost none of my shots turn out to be what I wanted and most are not correctly exposed or are out of focus.What I am not good at, and this comes with experience, is knowing exactly what I want my shot to look like as a final image.&nbsp; Many people do know this ahead of time and they are either very gifted to begin with or they have many years experience behind them.&nbsp; This is the artistic part of photography and you either have it in you or you do not.&nbsp; It is like playing a musical instrument. Some can never learn it to a professional degree.That is not to say they cannot take a good photo, but a good photo will never be a great photo.As of now I do not know where I think I am on this.I know my background.&nbsp; I have been a musician and can play an instrument professionally.&nbsp; I have always had the ability to draw and illustrate to a pretty good degree.&nbsp; I should be able to do this but so far I feel I have not shown it, at least, not to myself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 309607, member: 17556"] I tend to do both. I usually know what I want to shoot, at least as to the subject, and I usually know the location I am headed too. What I do not know always is the conditions I will be shooting in. I attempt to get a general reading of the light when I get where I am going and try to be close but things change throughout the day. I do not like to "spray and pray" but I have done it. I find that if I do use that method almost none of my shots turn out to be what I wanted and most are not correctly exposed or are out of focus. What I am not good at, and this comes with experience, is knowing exactly what I want my shot to look like as a final image. Many people do know this ahead of time and they are either very gifted to begin with or they have many years experience behind them. This is the artistic part of photography and you either have it in you or you do not. It is like playing a musical instrument. Some can never learn it to a professional degree. That is not to say they cannot take a good photo, but a [I]good[/I] photo will never be a [I]great[/I] photo. As of now I do not know where I think I am on this. I know my background. I have been a musician and can play an instrument professionally. I have always had the ability to draw and illustrate to a pretty good degree. I should be able to do this but so far I feel I have not shown it, at least, not to myself. [/QUOTE]

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