It seems that there are more reasons not to make pictures than to make them.
I didn’t make pictures because: it was too dark, it was raining, it was cloudy, it was the wrong time of day, I couldn’t find anything to photograph, I was uninspired, I didn’t have time, etc.
If you want to be a better photographer make the photograph anyway.
If there’s not a lot of light and you make the picture anyway, you’ll experience what it’s like to make a photograph under low lighting conditions. If you make the picture anyway, there’s an opportunity to learn.
This is true and I agree at lest to advance/learn technically. But, as I read your write up I can’t help to remember what I read a few days ago from photographer Mary Ellen Mark: “You don’t have to shot so many pictures just wait for the moment” and “interpret what you see” via your photographs, don’t just be an observer. Thank you Sam
Thank you, Jaime.